Maquiritari (Cunuana, De'cuana, Maiongong, Maquiritai, Maquiritare, Pawana, Soto, Ye'cuana, Yekuana) -- Carib language family -- South America: Venezuela (Bolivar and Amazonas States, near the Brazilian border on the mid-Paragua, Caura, Erebato, upper Ventuari, upper Auaris, Matacuni, Cuntinano, Padamo, and Cunucunuma rivers). Also in Brazil.

From the Parlametric series of sound recordings in the Alan Lomax Collection: T5148 R03, Speech made upon departure, 1961-08, 1/4" wide magnetic audio tape, 7" reel, 7.5 ips, recording by Helmuth Fuchs.

This is a recording from Alan Lomax's Parlametrics collection (http://research.culturalequity.org/ps..., which is comprised of recordings made by linguists from around the world as well as by Alan Lomax himself.

Through a collaboration with The Long Now Foundation's Rosetta Project (http://rosettaproject.org/blog/02011/..., the original reel-to-reel tapes were digitized, cataloged, and are now available through multiple online sources. The original notes that accompanied the tapes were at times incomplete, indefinite, illegible or missing. Because of this, the language in this recording may have been misidentified. If you notice a mistake please help us by sharing your knowledge and leave a comment.