Macro-Paesan languages

Macro-Paesan
(dubious)
Geographic distribution	northern South America
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	? Cunza–Kapixanan ? Kunza Kanoê Paez–Barbacoan * Paez–Panzaleo * Andaqui * Coconucan * Barbacoan Betoi Itonama Warao
Glottolog	None

Macro-Paesan (also spelled Macro-Paezan) is a proposal linking several small families and language isolates of northwest South America. Kaufman (2007) proposes the structure at the right. Paez–Barbacoan is commonly proposed, though Curnow (1998) argued that it (or at least Paez–Coconucan) is spurious.

Kunza–Kapixana was a more provisional suggestion (Kaufman 1990, 1994, 2007; Swadesh 1959),^[1]^[2]^[3] but this connection is not widely accepted.^{[citation needed]} Kunza is now generally considered to be a language isolate.

Jolkesky (2015) proposes lexical evidence linking the Páez, Andaqui (Andakí), and Tinígua languages.^[4]

References

^ Kaufman, Terrence. 1994. The native languages of South America. In: Christopher Moseley and R. E. Asher (eds.), Atlas of the World’s Languages, 59–93. London: Routledge.
^ 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.
^ Swadesh, Morris. 1959. Mapas de clasificación lingüística de México y las Américas. (Instituto de Historia 51.) Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
^ Jolkesky, Marcelo. 2015. Semejanzas léxicas entre el Páez, el Andakí y el Tinígua.