Kurripako language

Kurripako
Kurripako
Native to	Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
Ethnicity	14,425 Koripako (2001–2014)
Native speakers	12,000 (2008–2012)
Language family	Arawakan Northern Upper Amazon Eastern Nawiki Baniwa–Kurripako Kurripako; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Ipeka-Tapuia;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpc
Glottolog	curr1243
ELP	Curripaco
	Kurripako/Curripaco language map

Kurripako (Curripaco, Curripako, Ipeka-Tapuia-Curripako) is an Arawakan language principally of Colombia and Venezuela. There are also a thousand speakers in Brazil.

Kurripako forms a dialect continuum with Baniwa, and Aikhenvald (1999) considers them to be dialects. (Kaufman (1994) calls Baniwa–Curripako "Karu".)

Dialects

Dialects of Baniwa-Kurripako are distinguished by their affirmative 'yes' and negative 'no' forms. These are Aha-Khuri, Ehe-Khenim, Oho-Karo, and Oho-Ñame.

Syntax

Word order

Kurripako is a verb–object–subject language.

References

↑ "Koripako - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
↑ Kurripako at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ https://lenguasyliteraturasnativas.caroycuervo.gov.co/introduccion-a-la-lengua-kurripako/
↑ Dixon, R. M. W., ed. (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge language surveys (1. publ ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57021-3.
↑ Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.
1 2 3 Granadillo, Tania (2014-01-01), "On Negation in Kurripako Ehe-Khenim", in Michael, Lev; Granadillo, Tania (eds.), Negation in Arawak Languages, BRILL, pp. 74–85, doi:10.1163/9789004257023_005, ISBN 978-90-04-25702-3, retrieved 2026-05-08
↑ Cronhamn, Sandra (2025). A grammar of Baniwa classifiers. Lund: Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. ISBN 978-91-89874-69-5.

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[1] "Koripako - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2026-05-08.

[e25-2] Kurripako at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[3] ttps://lenguasyliteraturasnativas.caroycuervo.gov.co/introduccion-a-la-lengua-kurripako/

[4] Dixon, R. M. W., ed. (1999). The Amazonian languages. Cambridge language surveys (1. publ ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57021-3.

[5] Moseley, Christopher; Asher, Ronald E. (1994). Atlas of the world's languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-01925-5.

[:0-6] 1 2 3 Granadillo, Tania (2014-01-01), "On Negation in Kurripako Ehe-Khenim", in Michael, Lev; Granadillo, Tania (eds.), Negation in Arawak Languages, BRILL, pp. 74–85, doi:10.1163/9789004257023_005, ISBN 978-90-04-25702-3, retrieved 2026-05-08

[7] Cronhamn, Sandra (2025). A grammar of Baniwa classifiers. Lund: Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. ISBN 978-91-89874-69-5.