Genetic Relations
Rivet (from 1920), Kaufman (1994) and Pozzobon (1997) include Puinave within the family. However, many of the claimed cognate sets are spurious.
Henley, Mattéi-Müller and Reid (1996) present evidence that the Hodï language (AKA Yuwana) is related.
Puinavean forms part of a hypothetical Macro-Puinavean family along with the Katukinan and Arutani–Sape families and the Maku language of Roraima.
Macro-Puinavean is included in Joseph Greenberg's larger Macro-Tucanoan stock, but this is generally rejected. Another larger grouping is Morris Swadesh's Macro-Makú.
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