Barbacoan languages

Barbacoan (also Barbakóan, Barbacoano, Barbacoana) is a language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.Barbacoan is often connected with the Paezan languages (including Páez); however, Curnow (1998) shows how much of this proposal is based on misinterpretation of an old document of Douay (1888).Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Atakame, Cholon-Hibito, Kechua, Mochika, Paez, Tukano, Umbra, and Chibchan (especially between Guaymí and Southern Barbacoan branches) language families due to contact.The Cañari–Puruhá languages are even more poorly attested, and while often placed in a Chimuan family, Adelaar (2004:397) thinks they may have been Barbacoan.However, a subsequent publication by Henri Beuchat and Paul Rivet placed Coconucan together with a Paezan family (which included Páez and Paniquita) due a misleading "Moguex" vocabulary list.
Linguistic classificationlanguage familiesCoconucanCañari–PuruháISO 639-3GlottologColombiaEcuadorPáez languagePaezan languagesMacro-PaesanMacro-ChibchanChibchan-PaezanAtakameCholon-HibitoKechuaMochikaTukanoChibchanGuaymíAwa PitMuellamaGuambianoTotoróCoconucoCaranquiCha’palaaTsafikiextinctdialectsCañari–Puruhá languagesChimuanPaezanPaniquitalanguage isolatemoribundLoukotkaIscuandé RiverPatia RiverTumacoGuapi RiverTelembi RiverSotomayorCayapas RiverMataje RiverDaule RiverVinces RiverEsmeraldas RiverGuayllabamba RiverTapaje RiverPasto, ColombiaGuaitara RiverNapo RiverCoca RiverCauca RiverTunía RiverSucio RiverAlmaguerPuracéPopayánAwapitCha’palaachiTsafiquiCampbell, LyleLoukotka, ČestmírInstituto Caro y CuervoWiktionaryCañariPuruháextinct languagesPrimary language familiesAfricaAfroasiaticAustronesianKhoe–KwadiNiger–CongoNilo-SaharanSonghayUbangianBangimeSandaweEuropeAustroasiaticChukotko-KamchatkanDravidianEskaleutGreat AndamaneseHmong–MienHurro-UrartianIndo-EuropeanJaponicKartvelianKoreanicKra–DaiMongolicNortheast CaucasianNorthwest CaucasianSino-TibetanTungusicTurkicTyrsenianUralicYeniseianYukaghirDigaroHrusishKho-BwaMijiicPuroikSiangicBasqueBurushaskiElamiteHatticKenaboiKusundaMinoanNihaliRutulianShompenSumerianTamboraNew Guineathe PacificArai–SamaiaBinanderean–GoilalanBorderBulaka RiverCentral SolomonsChimbu–WahgiDemta–SentaniDoso–TurumsaEast Geelvink BayEast New BritainEast StricklandElemanFoja RangeKaure–KosareKiwaianKutubuanLakes PlainLower MamberamoLower SepikMadangMairasiNorth BougainvillePauwasiSenagiSenu RiverSouth BougainvilleTeberanTorricelliTrans-FlyTrans–New GuineaTurama–KikorianUpper YuatWest PapuanNorthwest PapuanPapuan GulfAbinomnMaybratPawaiaPoromeAustraliaArnhem/Macro-GunwinyguanBunubanDarwin RegionEastern DalyEastern TasmanianGarawanIwaidjanJarrakanMarrku–WurruguMirndiNorthern TasmanianNortheastern TasmanianNyulnyulanPama–NyunganSouthern DalyTangkicWagaydyicWestern DalyWestern TasmanianWorrorranYangmanicWagimanGiimbiyuMalak-MalakNorthAmericaCaddoanChimakuanChinookanChumashanComecrudanCoosanIroquoianKalapuyanMaiduanMuskogeanNa-DenePalaihnihanPlateau PenutianPomoanSalishanShastanSiouanTanoanTsimshianicUto-AztecanWakashanWintuanYukianYuman–CochimíChimarikoEsselenKutenaiSiuslawTakelmaTimucuaTonkawaWaikuriYokutsMesoamericaJicaqueanLencanMisumalpanMixe–ZoqueOto-MangueanTequistlatecanTotonacanXincanCuitlatecTarascan/PurépechaSouthAmericaAndoque–UrequenaArauanAraucanianArawakanArutani–SapeAymaranCahuapananCaribanCatacaoanChapacuranCharruanChonanGuaicuruanGuajiboanHarákmbut–KatukinanJirajaranJivaroanKatembri–TarumaMascoianMatacoanNadahupNambikwaranOtomákoanPano-TacananPeba–YaguanQuechuanPiaroa–SalibanTicuna–YuriTimoteanTiniguanTucanoanTupianUru–ChipayaWitotoanYanomamanZamucoanZaparoanBora-WitotoEsmeralda–YaruroHibito–CholónLule–VilelaMacro-JêTequiraca–CanichanaAikanãAlacalufanCamsáCandoshiChimaneChiquitanoCofánFulniôGuatóHodï/JotiIrantxeItonamaMovimaMura-PirahãPuinaveHuaorani/WaoraniTrumaiUrarinaYamanaYuracaréSignlanguagesBANZSLChineseFrancosignGermanosignIndo-PakistaniJapaneseOriginal ThaiSwedishTanzanianlist of sign languagesConstructed languagesCreolesLanguage isolatesMixed languagesPidginsUnclassified languagesIndigenous language families and isolatesSouth AmericaJe–Tupi–CaribJabutianKamakãKarajáKrenakanMaxakalianJaikóOfayéRikbaktsáKaririanPuríanTarumaGamelaBaenanKatembriPankararúTarairiúWamoéXukurúVenezuelaArutaniOtomacoanYaruroSálibanAndaquíAmazonJapuráVaupésBora–WitotoChocoanYurumanguíEsmeraldaSechura–CatacaoMochicaPano–TacananHibito–CholonOmuranoMunichiWaoraniTaushiroTequiracaSaparo–YawanPeba–YaguaArawan–Harákmbut–KatukinanArawanHarákmbutKatukinanMatanawíMamoré–GuaporéBororoanCayubabaCanichanaMosetenanKanoêKwazáQuechumaranPuquinaMapudungunMataco–GuaicuruGuachíPayaguáMascoyanHuarpeanLule–VilelanQawasqaranYaghanMacro-AndeanMacro-ArawakanMacro-JibaroMacro-OtomákoanMacro-PanoanMacro-PuinaveanMacro-WarpeanEsmeralda–YaruroanMaya–Yunga–ChipayanMoseten–ChonanWamo–ChapakuraAmerindLinguistic areasAmazonianArgentinaBoliviaBrazilParaguayGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaLanguagesMarañón River basin