Columbia, speaking dialects of the Arawakan stock. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
They belong to the great Arawakan linguistic stock, to which along belong the warlike. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
The Enawene-nawe speak an Arawakan language, which is very similar to that spoken by the Paresí. From Wordnik.com. [Everything2 New Writeups] Reference
Arawakan called on Israel to end forceful evacuation of Palestinian homes and end the demolishment of these residences. From Wordnik.com. [Today.Az] Reference
One great South American stock — the Arawakan — after occupying the Antilles, completed the chain of connection by planting. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Arawakan: spoken by a people formerly occupying most of the Greater Antilles but now scattered in small numbers along the coast of Guyana. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
Garifuna, an Arawakan language that originated with descendants of African slaves shipwrecked near St. Vincent in the Caribbean and later exiled to Central America. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Of these, the Moxos and Paicone, with all their dialects, belong to the widespread Arawakan stock of eastern and central Brazil; the Movima, Cayubaba, Itonama, Canichana, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
Practically the whole of the West Indies were occupied by tribes of two linguistic stocks, the earlier of the Arawakan origin, the more recent being Cariban invaders from the northern coast of South. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
The Arawakan aborigines were about in the cultural status of our own Gulf tribes, subsisting chiefly by agriculture and practicing the simpler arts, but unfitted by their peaceful habit to withstand the inroads of the predatory Carib, whose very name is synonymous with "cannibal". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
The top spot is taken by tania, a plant name which entered English via French (the origin is obscure; it may be Arawakan, Cariban, or Tupí, for which MW3 also gives the variants tanier, tannier, tannia, tanya, and tanyah. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
Originally inhabited by Arawakan. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Arawakan (Venezuela &c.), Ardan (Ecuador), Atacameñan (Chile). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Arawakan loanwords include cacique, cannibal, guava, and iguana. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
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