The Upper Amazon Maipurean languages, a.k.a. North Amazonian or Inland Northern Maipuran, are Arawakan languages of the northern Amazon in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil.
Upper Amazon Arawakan has been surveyed comprehensively by Henri Ramirez (2001), which includes a historical reconstruction as well.
Languages
Kaufman (1994) Kaufman (1994) gives the following breakdown (Aikhenvald's names of branches in parentheses):
Western Nawiki (Colombian) Wainumá group Wainumá Mariaté Anauyá Piapoko group Achagua (Achawa) Piapoco Amarizana Caviyari (Cabiyarí) ? Warekena group Guarequena (Warekena) Mandahuaca (Mandawaka) Río Negro group Jumana (Yumana) Pasé Cawishana Yucuna group Yucuna (Jukuna) Guarú Eastern Nawiki (Upper Rio Negro) Tariana Karu group Kurripako ( Ipeka-Tapuia-Curripako) Baniwa (of Içana) (Carútana-Baniwa) Katapolítani-Moriwene-Mapanai (Kadaupuritana) Resígaro Central Upper Amazon (Orinoco) Baré group Marawá Baré Guinao Yavitero group Yavitero Baniwa (Abane) Maipure Manao (Middle Rio Negro) Manao Kariaí (Cariyai)
He leaves the following Upper Amazon languages unclassified: Shiriana (Xiriâna) , Yabaána , Waraikú (Araikú) , Wiriná
Aikhenvald (1999) In 1999 Aikhenvald classified a couple languages Kaufman left out (Shiriana, Yabaâna), but leaves several of the Western Nawiki languages and branches unclassified. Several languages — Maipure, Resígaro, Cawishana, Mandahuaca, and Guarequena — are moved. She treats the Yucuna, Karu (Baniwa), and Bare groups as single languages.
Western Nawiki (Colombian) Maipure Resígaro ? Achagua (Achawa) Piapoco Caviyari (Cabiyarí) ? Yucuna (Jukuna) (dialect: Guarú ) Eastern Nawiki (Upper Rio Negro) Tariana Baniwa (Carútana-Baniwa) (dialects: Curripako, Catapolítani) Guarequena (Warekena) Central Upper Amazon (Orinoco) Mandahuaca (Mandawaka) Yabaâna Baré (dialect: Guinao ) Yavitero Baniwa of Guainia Manao (Middle Rio Negro) Manao Shiriana (Xiriâna) Cawishana (Kaiʃana)
Unclassified : Wainumá, Mariaté, Anauyá, Amarizana, Jumana (Yumana), Pasé, Kariaí (Cariyai), Waraikú (Araikú), Wiriná. Cabre (Cavare) was found in the area of the Western Nawiki languages, but only a few words are known. The "Ponares language" listed in Ethnologue may have been Piapoco or Achagua.
References
Ramirez, Henri. 2001. Línguas Arawak da Amazônia Setentrional. Manaus: EDUA. 745pp.