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List of unclassified languages of South America

Index List of unclassified languages of South America

Campbell & Grondona (2012:116-130) list the following 395 languages of South America as unclassified. [1]

67 relations: Aguano language, Aikanã language, Anserma language, Arma language, Čestmír Loukotka, Brazil, Cacán language, Carabayo language, Caranqui language, Chiquitano language, Chono language, Classification schemes for indigenous languages of the Americas, Colombia, Dzubukua, Ethnologue, Ewarhuyana language, Extinct languages of the Marañón River basin, Gen language, Gorgotoqui language, Guanaca language, Himarimã language, Huamoé language, Humahuaca language, Indigenous languages of the Americas, Kaimbé language, Kambiwá language, Kapinawá, Katembri language, Korubo language, Languages of South America, List of extinct languages of South America, Lule language, Lyle Campbell, Malibu languages, Mapuche language, Mato Grosso Arára language, Matsés language, Maynas language, Morique language, Oti language, Pankararú language, Paresi–Waura languages, Peru, Pijao language, Puquina language, Quimbaya language, Quingnam language, Sanavirón language, Sanumá language, Spurious languages, ..., Tarairiú language, Tequiraca language, Tremembé language, Truká language, Uru-Pa-In language, Venezuela, Waitaká language, Waiwai language, Wakoná language, Wasu language, Willem Adelaar, Xocó language, Xukuru language, Yaminawa language, Yarigui people, Yaruro language, Yawalapití language. Expand index (17 more) »

Aguano language

Aguano is a possible extinct language of Peru.

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Aikanã language

Aikanã (sometimes called Tubarão, Corumbiara/Kolumbiara, or Huari/Uari/Wari) is an endangered language isolate spoken by about 200 Aikanã people in Rondônia, Brazil.

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Anserma language

Anserma (Anserna) is an extinct Chocoan language of Colombia.

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Arma language

Arma is a possible but unattested extinct language of Colombia.

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Čestmír Loukotka

Čestmír Loukotka (&ndash) was a Czechoslovak linguist.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Cacán language

Cacán (also Cacan, Kakán, Calchaquí, Chaka, Diaguita, and Kaka) is an extinct language that was spoken by the Diaguita and Calchaquí tribes in northern Argentina and Chile.

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Carabayo language

The Carabayo (Caraballo) language is spoken by the Carabayo people, also known as Yuri and Aroje, an uncontacted Amazonian people of Colombia living in at least three long houses, one of several suspected uncontacted peoples living along the Rio Puré (now the Río Puré National Park) in the southeastern corner of the country.

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Caranqui language

Caranqui, or Cara (Kara), is an extinct, probably Barbacoan language of Ecuador.

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Chiquitano language

Chiquitano (also Bésiro or Tarapecosi) is an indigenous language isolate of eastern Bolivia, spoken in the central region of the Santa Cruz province.

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Chono language

Chono is a poorly attested extinct language of confusing classification.

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Classification schemes for indigenous languages of the Americas

This article is a list of different language classification proposals developed for indigenous languages of the Americas.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Dzubukua

Dzubukuá (Dzubucua), or Kiriri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil.

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Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world.

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Ewarhuyana language

Ewarhuyana is an unclassified language of Pará State, Brazil.

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Extinct languages of the Marañón River basin

The Marañón River basin, at a low point in the Andes which made it an attractive location for trade between the Inca Empire and the Amazon basin, once harbored numerous languages which have been poorly attested or not attested at all.

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Gen language

Gen (also called Gɛ̃, Gɛn gbe, Gebe, Guin, Mina, Mina-Gen, and Popo) is a Gbe language spoken in the southeast of Togo in the Maritime Region.

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Gorgotoqui language

Gorgotoqui is a currently undocumented extinct language of the Chiquitania region of the eastern Bolivian lowlands.

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Guanaca language

Guanáca (Guanuco) is an extinct and scarcely attested language of Colombia.

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Himarimã language

Himarimã is the presumed language of the uncontacted Hi-Merimã people in Amazonas, Brazil, The language is believed to be Arawán per testimonies from the Suruwahá and Banawá.

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Huamoé language

Huamoé (Wamoe) Uamué is an extinct language of Brazil that is too poorly attested to classify.

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Humahuaca language

Humahuaca (Omaguaca) is an extinct and unclassified language of Argentina (Campbell & Grondona 2012).

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Indigenous languages of the Americas

Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses that constitute the Americas.

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Kaimbé language

Kaimbé is an extinct unclassified language of eastern Brazil.

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Kambiwá language

Kambiwá Cambioá is an extinct unclassified language of Brazil.

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Kapinawá

The Kapinawâ are an indigenous people of Pernambuco in eastern Brazil.

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Katembri language

Katembri (Catrimbi, Kariri de Mirandela, Mirandela) was a divergent language of northeastern Brazil that appears to be distantly related to Taruma (Kaufman 1990).

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Korubo language

Korubo is a nearly extinct Panoan language spoken by the Korubo people of Brazil.

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Languages of South America

The languages of South America can be divided into three broad groups.

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List of extinct languages of South America

This is a partial list of extinct languages of South America, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant.

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Lule language

Lule is an indigenous language of northern Argentina.

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Lyle Campbell

Lyle Richard Campbell (born October 22, 1942) is an American scholar and linguist known for his studies of indigenous American languages, especially those of Central America, and on historical linguistics in general.

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Malibu languages

The Malibu languages are a poorly attested group of extinct languages once spoken along the Magdalena River in Colombia.

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Mapuche language

Mapuche or Mapudungun (from mapu 'land' and dungun 'speak, speech') is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from mapu 'land' and che 'people').

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Mato Grosso Arára language

Mato Grosso Arára (also disambiguated as Arara do Beiradão or Arara do Rio Branco, and also known as Koaiá ~ Koayá) is an extinct unclassified language of Brazil.

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Matsés language

The Matsés language (also ambiguously called Mayoruna) is an indigenous language of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon basin which belongs to the Panoan language family and is spoken by ca.

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Maynas language

Maynas (Mayna, Maina), also known as Rimachu, is an extinct and unclassified language of Peru.

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Morique language

Morique (Morike) is an extinct, poorly attested, and unclassified Arawakan language.

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Oti language

The Otí language, also known as Chavante or Euchavante, is a language isolate once spoken in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, between the Peixe and Pardo rivers.

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Pankararú language

Pankararú (Pancaré, Pankaré, Pancaru, Pankaruru, Pankarará, Pankaravu, Pankaroru, Pankarú, Brancararu) is an extinct language of eastern Brazil.

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Paresi–Waura languages

The Pareci–Xingu languages, also known as Paresi–Waura or Central Maipurean, are Maipurean / Arawakan languages of the Bolivian and western Brazilian Amazon.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Pijao language

Pijao (Piajao, Pinao) is an unclassified indigenous American language that was spoken in the villages of Orrega, Coyaima (Koyai, Tupe) and Natagaima in the Magdalena River Valley of Colombia until the 1950s.

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Puquina language

Puquina (or Pukina) is an extinct language once spoken by a native ethnic group in the region surrounding Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia) and in the north of Chile.

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Quimbaya language

Quimbaya (Kimbaya) is a supposed extinct language of Colombia, of which only a single word is known (Campbell & Grondona 2012).

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Quingnam language

The Quingnam language was a pre-Columbian language that was spoken by the Chimú people, who lived in the former territories of the Mochicas: an area north of the Chicama Chao River Valley.

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Sanavirón language

Sanavirón is an extinct and unclassified language once spoken near Córdoba, Argentina.

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Sanumá language

Sanumá is a Yanomaman language spoken in Venezuela and Brazil.

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Spurious languages

Spurious languages are languages that have been reported as existing in reputable works, while other research has reported that the language in question did not exist.

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Tarairiú language

Tarairiú Caratiú is an extinct and very poorly known language of eastern Brazil.

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Tequiraca language

Tequiraca (Tekiráka), also known as Abishira (Avishiri)* and Aiwa (Aewa), is a language spoken in Peru.

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Tremembé language

Tremembé a.k.a. Teremembé is an extinct and unattested language of Brazil.

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Truká language

Truká is an extinct and unattested, but presumed, language of Brazil.

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Uru-Pa-In language

Uru-Pa-In is an isolated Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of Brazil.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Waitaká language

Waitaká (Guaitacá, Goyatacá, Goytacaz) is an extinct and unclassified language of Brazil (Campbell & Grondona 2012), on the São Mateo River and near Cabo de São Tomé in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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Waiwai language

Waiwai (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana.

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Wakoná language

Wakoná is an extinct and unattested, presumed language of eastern Brazil.

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Wasu language

Wasu (Waçu, Wassú) is an extinct and unattested, presumed language of Brazil.

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Willem Adelaar

Willem F. H. Adelaar (born at The Hague in 1948) is a Dutch linguist specializing in Native American languages, specially those of the Andes.

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Xocó language

Xocó (Chocó, Shokó) is an extinct and poorly attested language or languages of Brazil that is not known to be related to other languages.

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Xukuru language

Xukuru (Xucuru, Shukurú) is an extinct and poorly attested language of Brazil.

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Yaminawa language

Yaminawa (Yaminahua) is a Panoan language of western Amazonia.

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Yarigui people

The Yariguí people were an indigenous Colombian tribe that gave their name to a mountainous area they once inhabited in the Andean cloud forest.

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Yaruro language

The Yaruro language (also spelled Llaruro or Yaruru; also called Yuapín or Pumé) is an indigenous language spoken by Yaruro people, along the Orinoco, Cinaruco, Meta, and Apure rivers of Venezuela.

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Yawalapití language

Yawalapiti (Jaulapiti) is an Arawakan language of Brazil.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unclassified_languages_of_South_America

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