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.
Categories:
- Proposed language families
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs