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.

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.

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Native American

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)

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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See also

• All Species Foundation, another project of the foundation
• Comparative linguistics
• Comparative method
• Endangered language
• Ethnologue
• Language death
• Language revitalization
• Mass comparison
• Rosetta Project
• Swadesh list
• World Atlas of Language Structures

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External links

• Guide to the Intercontinental Dictionary Series project CD-ROMs. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
• Intercontinental Dictionary Series

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