The Maya–Yunga–Chipayan languages are a proposed macrofamily linking the
Chimuan,
Uru–Chipaya, and
Mayan
Mayan most commonly refers to:
* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
language families of the Americas. The macrofamily was proposed by Stark (1972).
However, it has not gained widespread acceptance among linguists.
Classification
Stark's (1972) classification is as follows.
;Maya–Yunga–Chipayan
*
Mayan
Mayan most commonly refers to:
* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
*Chimu–Chipayan
**
Uru–Chipaya
**
Chimuan
***
Yunga (Mochica)
***
Cañari–Puruhá
***?
Sechura–Catacao (
Tallán)
Tovar (1961), partly based on
Schmidt (1926),
[Schmidt, Wilhelm (1926). ''Die Sprachfamilien und Sprachenkreise der Erde'', p. 214. Heidelberg.] adds
Tallán (
Sechura–Catacao) to Chimuan (which he calls ''Yunga-Puruhá''). Tovar's (1961) classification below is cited from Stark (1972).
Lexical comparisons
Stark (1972) proposed a Maya–Yunga–Chipayan macrofamily linking
Mayan
Mayan most commonly refers to:
* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
with
Uru–Chipaya and
Yunga (Mochica), based on the following lexical comparisons.
:
See also
*
Macro-Mayan languages
References
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Proposed language families
Indigenous languages of South America
Mesoamerican languages