List of Language Families - Proposed Language Stocks

Proposed Language Stocks

Note that many of the listed proposals disagree with one another (for example Nostratic with Pontic, or Keresiouan with Hokan–Siouan).

  • Proto-World
    • Amerind
      • Almosan–Keresiouan
        • Almosan (= Sapir's Algonkin–Wakashan)
          • Mosan
        • Keresiouan
          • Macro-Siouan
      • Algonkian–Gulf Algonquin, Algonkin
      • Andean
        • Quechumaran
      • Chibchan–Paezan
      • Central Amerind
        • Aztec–Tanoan
      • Coahuiltecan
      • Gulf
      • Hokan–Siouan
        • Hokan
      • Macro-Carib
      • Je–Tupi–Carib
        • Macro-Ge
      • Macro-Mayan
      • Macro-Panoan
      • Macro-Tucanoan
      • Penutian
      • Yuki–Wappo
    • Borean
      • Alarodian
      • Dene–Daic
        • Sino-Austronesian
        • Austric
          • Austro-Tai
        • Dene–Caucasian
          • Karasuk
      • Nostratic
        • Eurasiatic
          • Indo-Uralic languages
          • Ural–Altaic
          • Uralic–Yukaghir
          • Uralo-Siberian
      • Pontic
      • Ibero-Caucasian
    • Indo-Pacific
    • Kongo–Saharan
    • Macro-Khoisan
    • Na-Dene (Sapir's)

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