dʒˈɪlɪˌaɪ fˈaʊnd ðætðə lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz spˈoʊkən ɪnðɪ ˌɔːɹɪnˈoʊkoʊ ˈɛɹiə bᵻlˈɔŋd tə nˈaɪn "mˈʌðɚ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz" lˈɛŋɡjuːəz mˈeɪtɹɪsˌiːz, ˈaɪ.ˈiː. lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ fˈæmɪliz:
Gilii found that the languages spoken in the Orinoco area belonged to nine "mother languages" (lenguas matrices), i.e. language families: