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Baniwa (Baniva) or Karu or in older sources Itayaine (Iyaine) is an Arawakan language spoken in Colombia Venezuela and Amazonas Brazil.Aikhenvald (1999) considers the three main varieties to be dialects; Kaufman (1994) considers them to be distinct languages in a group he calls Karu. They are:Baniwa of Içana (Baniua do Içana)Curripaco (Kurripako Ipeka-Tapuia-Curripako)Katapolítani-Moriwene-Mapanai (Catapolitani Kadaupuritana)Various (sub)dialects of all three are called Tapuya.