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Intercontinental Dictionary Series

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The Intercontinental Dictionary Series is a large database of topical vocabulary lists in various world languages. The general editor of the database is Bernard Comrie of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. Mary Ritchie Key of the University of California, Irvine is the founding editor. The database has an especially large selection of indigenous South American languages and Northeast Caucasian languages.

Contents

The Intercontinental Dictionary Series' advanced browsing function allows users to make custom tables which compare languages in side-by-side columns.

Below are the languages that are currently included in the Intercontinental Dictionary Series. The languages are grouped by language families, some of which are still hypothetical.

North America

  1. Tlingit
  2. Haida
  3. Tsimshian
  4. Wakashan
    1. Nootka
  5. Salishan
    1. Bella Coola
    2. Chehalis
  6. Hokan?
    1. Karok
    2. Seri
  7. Zuni
  8. Nahuatl (Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla)
  9. Chatino, Zacatepec

Northern South America

  1. Chocoan
    1. Emberá
      1. Embera – Colombia
      2. Epena – Colombia
  2. Chibchan
    1. Muisca – Colombia
    2. Barí (Tairona) – Colombia / Venezuela
    3. Cofán? – Colombia / Ecuador
  3. Barbacoan
    1. Cayapa (Cha'palaachi) – Ecuador
    2. Colorado (Tsafiki) – Ecuador
  4. Páez – Colombia
  5. Yanomaman
    1. Yanomami
    2. Ninam
  6. Yaruro – Venezuela
  7. Tucanoan
    1. Siona – Ecuador
    2. Tuyuca – Colombia / Brazil
  8. Jivaroan
    1. Aguaruna – Peru / Ecuador

Amazonia

  1. Arawakan
    1. Goajiro (Wayuu) – Colombia
    2. Wapishana – Guyana / Brazil
    3. Yavitero – Venezuela (extinct)
    4. Mashco Piro (Yine) – Peru / Brazil
    5. Waurá – Brazil
    6. Baure – Bolivia
    7. Moxos – Bolivia
      1. Ignaciano – Bolivia
      2. Trinitario – Bolivia
  2. Macro-Gê
    1. Karajá
    2. Gê
      1. Kaingáng
      2. Canela
  3. Tupian
    1. Tupinambá – Brazil
    2. Guaraní – Paraguay
    3. Chiriguano – Bolivia
    4. Aché – Paraguay
    5. Mundurukú – Brazil
    6. Sirionó – Bolivia
    7. Wayampi – French Guiana
  4. Cariban
    1. Carib (De'kwana)
    2. Panare – Venezuela
    3. Macushi – Brazil / Guyana
    4. Wai Wai – Brazil / Guyana
  5. Panoan
    1. Cashibo – Peru
    2. Shipibo-Conibo – Peru
    3. Yaminahua – Peru
    4. Chácobo – Bolivia
    5. Pacahuara – Bolivia
  6. Tacanan
    1. Ese Ejja (Huarayo) – Peru / Bolivia
    2. Tacana – Bolivia
    3. Cavineña – Bolivia
    4. Araona – Bolivia
  7. Catuquina – Acre, Brazil
  8. Puinavean (Nadahup/Makú)
    1. Hup – Brazil / Colombia
    2. Yuwana (Hodï)? – Venezuela
  9. Peba-Yaguan
    1. Yagua – Brazil
  10. Chapacuran
    1. Pacaas Novos – Brazil
  11. Uru-Chipaya
    1. Chipaya – Bolivia

Southern South America

  1. Guaicuruan
    1. Pilagá – Argentina
    2. Toba – Argentina / Paraguay
    3. Mocoví – Argentina
  2. Matacoan
    1. Chorote – Argentina
    2. Maká – Paraguay
    3. Nivaclé – Paraguay
    4. Wichi – Argentina
  3. Zamucoan
    1. Ayoreo – Paraguay / Bolivia
  4. Mascoian
    1. Sanapaná – Paraguay
  5. Moseten
    1. Mosetén (Tsimané) – Bolivia
  6. Chon
    1. Selknam
    2. Tehuelche
  7. Qawasqar

Other

  1. Waorani (Huaorani) – Ecuador
  2. Trumai – Brazil
  3. Aymara
  4. Cayuvava – Bolivia (extinct)
  5. Itonama – Bolivia
  6. Movima – Bolivia
  7. Puelche (Gününa Küne) – Argentina Pampas
  8. Kunza – Chile (extinct)
  9. Mapudungun
  10. Yagán (Yaghan)

Northeast Caucasian

  1. Northeast Caucasian
    1. Nakh
      1. Chechen
    2. Avar–Andic
      1. Avar
      2. Andi
      3. Botlikh
      4. Chamalal
      5. Ghodoberi
      6. Bagvalin (Bagvalal)
      7. Tindi
      8. Karata
      9. Akhvakh
    3. Tsezic
      1. Tsez
      2. Hinukh
      3. Bezhta
      4. Hunzib
      5. Khvarshi
    4. Lak (isolate)
    5. Khinalug (isolate)
    6. Dargi
      1. Dargwa
    7. Lezgic
      1. Archi
      2. Udi
      3. Lezgi
      4. Aghul
      5. Tabasaran
      6. Budukh
      7. Rutul
      8. Tsakhur

Indo-European

  1. Indo-European
    1. Hittite
    2. Tocharian A/B
    3. Armenian (Eastern, Western)
    4. Albanian, Tosk
    5. Greek (Ancient, Modern)
    6. Indo-Iranian
      1. Persian
      2. Avestan
      3. Tats (Judeo-Tat)
      4. Sanskrit
      5. Romani
    7. Celtic
      1. Irish (Old, Modern)
      2. Breton
      3. Welsh
    8. Germanic
      1. Core Germanic
        1. English (Old, Middle, Modern)
        2. German (Old, Middle, Modern)
        3. Yiddish
        4. Dutch
        5. Gothic
      2. Scandinavian
        1. Old Norse
        2. Danish
        3. Swedish
    9. Balto-Slavic
      1. Baltic
        1. Lithuanian
        2. Latvian
        3. Prussian
      2. Slavic
        1. Russian
        2. Old Church Slavonic
        3. Bulgarian
        4. Serbo-Croatian
        5. Polish
        6. Czech
    10. Romance
      1. Latin
      2. Spanish
      3. Portuguese
      4. Catalan
      5. French
      6. Italian
      7. Romanian

Uralic

  1. Uralic
    1. Finnic languages
      1. Finnish
      2. Estonian
    2. Hungarian
    3. Mordvinic languages
      1. Erzya-Mordvin
    4. Komi
    5. Khanty
    6. Udmurt
    7. Mansi
    8. Mari
    9. Samic languages
      1. Northern Sami
    10. Samoyedic
      1. Nenets
      2. Selkup

Tai-Kadai

  1. Tai-Kadai
    1. Kra
      1. Gelao (Qau)
      2. Buyang (Langjia)
      3. Buyang (Ecun)
    2. Hlai
      1. Li (Baoting)
    3. Kam-Sui
      1. Lakkja
      2. Mulam
      3. Maonan
      4. Chadong
      5. Kam, Southern
      6. Sui
    4. Tai
      1. Zhuang (Longzhou)
      2. Nung (Fengshan)
      3. Nung (Lazhai)
      4. Nung (Ningbei)
      5. Tai Khuen
      6. Tai Lue
      7. Dehong
      8. Shan
      9. Thai (standard)
      10. Thai (central)
      11. Thai (Khorat)
      12. Thai (Songkhla)

Other

  1. Basque
  2. Elamite
  3. Turkic
    1. Azerbaijan
    2. Nogai
    3. Kumyk
    4. Chulym
  4. Austronesian
    1. Proto Austronesian
    2. Proto Polynesian
      1. Rotuman – Fiji
      2. Tongan
      3. Marquesan
      4. Tuamotuan
      5. Hawaiian
      6. Maori
      7. Rapa Nui
  5. Afro-Asiatic
    1. Semitic
      1. Arabic
      2. Aramaic
    2. Chadic
      1. Hausa
      2. Polci
  6. Nilo-Saharan
    1. Ghulfan
  7. Creoles
    1. Negerhollands (Dutch-based) – U.S. Virgin Islands
    2. Limonese Creole (English-based) – Costa Rica
    3. Lengua (Quechua-based) – Ecuador (mixed)

References

Intercontinental Dictionary Series Wikipedia
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