List of unclassified languages of North America

Summary

A number of languages of North America are too poorly attested to classify. These include Adai, Beothuk, Calusa, Cayuse, Karankawa, and Solano.

There are other languages which are scarcely attested at all.

Campbell et al. edit

Lyle Campbell et al. (2007) list the following extinct and nearly unattested language varieties of North America as unclassifiable due to lack of data.

† Ethnographic evidence suggests these varieties might have been Uto-Aztecan.[1] See Uto-Aztecan languages § Extinct languages for more.

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Zamponi, Raoul (2024). "Unclassified languages". The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America. De Gruyter. pp. 1627–1648. doi:10.1515/9783110712742-061. ISBN 978-3-11-071274-2.

References edit

  1. ^ Campbell, Goddard, Golla, Mackenzie, Mithun, & Mixco, 2007. Atlas of the World's Languages, 2nd ed, 32–43.