Macro-Otomákoan languages
| Macro-Otomákoan | |
|---|---|
| (controversial) | |
| Geographic distribution | Amazon |
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
| Subdivisions |
|
| Glottolog | None |
Macro-Otomákoan is a proposal linking three small language families of the Amazon: The Harákmbut (Tuyoneri) family, the extinct Otomakoan languages, and the Trumai language isolate. It was proposed by Kaufman (1990)[1] and slightly modified in Kaufman (2007).[2]
References
- ^ Kaufman, Terrence. (1990). Language history in South America: What we know and how to know more. In D. L. Payne (Ed.), Amazonian linguistics: Studies in lowland South American languages (pp. 13–67). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-70414-3.
- ^ Kaufman, Terrence. 2007. South America. In: R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World’s Languages (2nd edition), 59–94. London: Routledge.
- v
- t
- e
and isolates
- Arawakan
| Je–Tupi–Carib |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Brazil | |||
| Orinoco (Venezuela) |
| ||
| Andes (Colombia and Venezuela) | |||
| Amazon (Colombia, Japurá–Vaupés area) | |||
| Pacific coast (Colombia and Ecuador) | |||
| Pacific coast (Peru) | |||
| Amazon (Peru) | |||
| Amazon (west-central Brazil) | |||
| Mamoré–Guaporé | |||
| Andes (Peru, Bolivia, and Chile) | |||
| Chaco–Pampas | |||
| Far South (Chile) |
- Duho
- Macro-Andean
- Macro-Arawakan
- Macro-Chibchan
- Macro-Jibaro
- Macro-Otomákoan
- Macro-Paesan
- Macro-Panoan
- Macro-Puinavean
- Macro-Warpean
- Arutani–Sape
- Bora–Witoto
- Esmeralda–Yaruroan
- Hibito–Cholon
- Je–Tupi–Carib
- Katembri–Taruma
- Mataco–Guaicuru
- Maya–Yunga–Chipayan
- Moseten–Chonan
- Quechumaran
- Saparo–Yawan
- Tequiraca–Canichana
- Wamo–Chapakura
- Amerind
 | This article related to the Indigenous languages of the Americas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
