Esmerelda-Yaruro languages

Esmerelda-Yaruro languages

Infobox Language family
name=Esmerelda-Yaruro
region=Venezuela
familycolor=American
family=
child1="Esmerelda"
child2="Yaruro"

Esmerelda-Yaruro is a proposed connection between two unclassified languages of Venuzuela, Yaruro (Llaruro, Pumé, Yuapín), 4000 speakers, and Esmerelda. They would be only distantly related, but Kaufman (1990) finds the connection convincing.


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