Arauan consists of half a dozen languages: •
Arawá •
Kulina •
Deni •
Jamamadi •
Paumari •
Suruwahá Jolkesky (2016) Internal classification by Jolkesky (2016): ( = extinct) •
Arawa •
Suruwaha • Madi-Deni-Paumari •
Paumari •
Deni,
Kulina • Madi-Arawa •
Arawa • Madi •
Banawa •
Jamamadi •
Jarawara Dienst (2010) Internal classification by Dienst (2010): •
Arawan •
Arawa •
Paumari •
Suruwahá • Madi-Madihá • Madi •
Eastern Jamamadi •
Banawá •
Jarawara • Madihá •
Kulina •
Western Jamamadi •
Deni Mason (1950) Arauá internal classification by
Mason (1950): •
Arauá • Arauá • Culino • Culina • Curia • Curiana • Culiña • Pama • Pama • Pamana • Yamamadí • Yamamadí: Capaná, Capinamari, Colo • Purupurú: Paumarí (Pammarí) • Yuberi • Madihá • Sewacu • Sipó
Other varieties •
Himarimã - presumed language spoken by the
Himarimã people along the Piranha River between the
Juruá River and
Purus River. Per Suruwahá and Banawá testimonies, as well as a lost wordlist, it is believed to be Arawan.
Loukotka (1968) Varieties listed by Loukotka (1968): •
Purupurú - extinct language spoken in the same region on the lower course of the
Purus River. (Unattested) •
Uainamari /
Wainamarí - extinct language spoken on the
Inauini River, a tributary of the upper
Purus River. (Unattested) •
Uatanari /
Watanarí - once spoken on the
Ituxi River and
Sepatini River in the same region; now perhaps extinct. (Unattested) •
Sewacu - once spoken on the
Pauini River, now on the left bank of the
Purus River on the opposite side of the mouth of the
Sepatini River. (Unattested) •
Pamana - once spoken on the
Ituxi River and
Mucuim River near Lake Agaam, the same region; now probably extinct. (Unattested) •
Amamati - extinct language once spoken on the
Mucuim River north of the Pamana tribe. (Unattested) •
Yuberí /
Xubiri - once spoken on the middle course of the
Purus River on the opposite side of the mouth of the
Mamoriá River and around Lake Abunini, now on the lower course of the
Tapauá River, the same region. (Unattested) A wordlist labeled with this language's name, "recorded" by
Johann Natterer, is blank. •
Sipó /
Cipo - extinct language once spoken north of the Yuberi tribe on the
Tapaua River. (Unattested) •
Curina /
Kurina /
Kólö - language spoken in two regions; first, on the right bank of the
Juruá River, along the
Marari River and on the upper course of the
Tapauá River; second, on the
Eiru River and
Gregório River and on the left bank of the
Muru River, territory of Acre, Brazil. •
Madiha - spoken on the
Eiru River near Bom Jardim, Amazonas. •
Catiana - extinct language once spoken on the
Iaco River, Acre. (Unattested) ==Proto-language==