Timotean languages

The Timotean languages were spoken in the Venezuelan Andes around what is now Mérida.[1][2] There is no apparent connection to the Chibchan, Arawakan, or Cariban families, apart from sporadic resemblances with Paez and some divergent Chibchan languages, so Timotean appears to be an independent family.Jolkesky (2016) also notes that there are lexical similarities with the Jirajaran languages.[3] There were two closely related languages, each a pair of dialects: Traditionally, Mucuchí and Mirripú have been classified as dialects of Timote, with Cuica as a distinct language, but the data in Loukotka (1968)[4] indicates that Cuica is a dialect of Timote, and that Mucuchí–Mirripú are a separate language (Kaufman 2007; Campbell 1997, 2012).Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Timotean languages.
VenezuelaLinguistic classificationTimote–CuicaMucuchí–MaripúISO 639-3GlottologtoponymsVenezuelan AndesMéridaMutú (Loco)Jirajaran languagesTimoto–Cuica peopleLoukotkaLoukotka, ČestmírPrimary 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–CochimíChimarikoEsselenKutenaiSiuslawTakelmaTimucuaTonkawaWaikuriYokutsMesoamericaChibchanJicaqueanLencanMisumalpanMixe–ZoqueOto-MangueanTequistlatecanTotonacanXincanCuitlatecTarascan/PurépechaSouthAmericaAndoque–UrequenaArauanAraucanianArawakanArutani–SapeAymaranBarbacoanCahuapananCaribanCatacaoanChapacuranCharruanChonanGuaicuruanGuajiboanHarákmbut–KatukinanJirajaranJivaroanKatembri–TarumaMascoianMatacoanNadahupNambikwaranOtomákoanPano-TacananPeba–YaguanQuechuanPiaroa–SalibanTicuna–YuriTiniguanTucanoanTupianUru–ChipayaWitotoanYanomamanZamucoanZaparoanBora-WitotoChimuanEsmeralda–YaruroHibito–CholónLule–VilelaMacro-JêTequiraca–CanichanaAikanãAlacalufanCamsáCandoshiChimaneChiquitanoCofánFulniôGuatóHodï/JotiIrantxeItonamaMovimaMura-PirahãPuinaveHuaorani/WaoraniTrumaiUrarinaYamanaYuracaréSignlanguagesBANZSLChineseFrancosignGermanosignIndo-PakistaniJapaneseOriginal ThaiSwedishTanzanianlist of sign languagesConstructed languagesCreolesLanguage isolatesMixed languagesPidginsUnclassified languagesIndigenous language families and isolatesSouth AmericaJe–Tupi–CaribJabutianKamakãKarajáKrenakanMaxakalianJaikóOfayéRikbaktsáKaririanPuríanTarumaGamelaBaenanKatembriPankararúTarairiúWamoéXukurúArutaniOtomacoanYaruroSálibanColombiaAndaquíPaezanAmazonJapuráVaupésBora–WitotoChocoanYurumanguíEsmeraldaSechura–CatacaoCañari–PuruháMochicaPano–TacananHibito–CholonOmuranoMunichiWaoraniTaushiroTequiracaSaparo–YawanPeba–YaguaArawan–Harákmbut–KatukinanArawanHarákmbutKatukinanMatanawíMamoré–GuaporéBororoanCayubabaCanichanaMosetenanKanoêKwazáQuechumaranPuquinaMapudungunMataco–GuaicuruGuachíPayaguáMascoyanHuarpeanLule–VilelanQawasqaranYaghanMacro-AndeanMacro-ArawakanMacro-ChibchanMacro-JibaroMacro-OtomákoanMacro-PaesanMacro-PanoanMacro-PuinaveanMacro-WarpeanEsmeralda–YaruroanMaya–Yunga–ChipayanMoseten–ChonanWamo–ChapakuraAmerindLinguistic areasAmazonianArgentinaBoliviaBrazilEcuadorParaguayGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaLanguagesExtinct languagesMarañón River basin