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Arawakan languages: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

major reference
- In South American Indian languages: Arawakan
Arawak people
- In Arawak
Carib society
- In Carib
- In Central American and northern Andean Indian: Traditional culture patterns
South American cultures
- In South American forest Indian
Taino people
- In Taino

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added cross-references.	Teagan Wolter	Jan 10, 2025
	Add new Web site: Academia - Arawak Linguistic and Cultural Identity through Time: Contact, Colonialism, and Creolization.	Emily Rodriguez	Jun 08, 2016
	Add new Web site: Sorosoro - Arawak Language Family.	Emily Rodriguez	Jun 08, 2016
	Added URL to topic: University of San Diego - Biography of Vannevar Bush.	Neha Parwani	Aug 18, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998