Appendix:Vocabulary lists of Amerindian languages

Below are vocabulary lists for Amerindian languages and proto-languages.

Many of the lists are glossed in Spanish and Portuguese, with several also in French.

Macrofamilies

 * Amerind: Appendix:Proto-Amerind reconstructions (Greenberg & Ruhlen 2007)
 * Appendix:Amerindian basic vocabulary (native-languages.org)

Northern North America

 * Eskimo-Aleut: Appendix:Proto-Eskimo reconstructions (Fortescue, et al. 1994)
 * Na-Dene (Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit): Appendix:Proto-Na-Dene reconstructions (Nikolaev 2014); Pan-Dene Comparative Lexicon
 * Athabaskan: Appendix:Proto-Athabaskan reconstructions (Krauss 1964)
 * Tlingit: IDS
 * Haida: IDS
 * Algonquian: Appendix:Proto-Algonquian reconstructions (Hewson 2017)
 * Iroquoian: Appendix:Proto-Iroquoian reconstructions (Julian 2010)
 * Siouan: Appendix:Proto-Siouan reconstructions (Rankin, et al. 2015); Comparative Siouan Dictionary
 * Caddoan: Appendix:Caddoan word lists (Parks 1979)
 * Yuchi: Appendix:Yuchi word list (Crawford 1973)
 * Beothuk: Appendix:Beothuk word list (Hewson 1978)

Western North America

 * Penutian
 * Tsimshian: IDS
 * Chinookan: Appendix:Chinook word list (Boas 1904)
 * Takelma: Appendix:Proto-Takelman reconstructions (Shipley 1969)
 * Kalapuyan: Appendix:Proto-Kalapuyan reconstructions (Shipley 1970)
 * Oregon
 * Alsea-Yaquina: Appendix:Alsea word list (Frachtenberg 1920)
 * Coosan: Appendix:Coos word list (Frachtenberg 1913)
 * Siuslaw: Appendix:Lower Umpqua word list (Frachtenberg 1914)
 * Wintuan: Appendix:Proto-Wintun reconstructions (Shepherd 2006)
 * Plateau
 * Sahaptian: Appendix:Proto-Sahaptian reconstructions (Rude 2012)
 * Klamath-Modoc: Appendix:Klamath word list (Barker 1963)
 * Molala: Appendix:Molala word list (Pharris 2006)
 * Cayuse: Appendix:Cayuse word list (Hale 1846)
 * Utian: Appendix:Proto-Utian reconstructions (Callaghan 2014)
 * Yokuts: Appendix:Proto-Yokuts reconstructions (Whistler & Golla 1985)
 * Maiduan: Appendix:Proto-Maidun reconstructions (Ultan 1964)


 * Mosan
 * Salishan: Appendix:Proto-Salishan reconstructions (Kuipers 2002)
 * Bella Coola: IDS
 * upper Chehalis: IDS
 * Wakashan: Appendix:Proto-Wakashan reconstructions (Fortescue 2007)
 * Nuu-chah-nulth: IDS
 * Chimakuan: Appendix:Proto-Chimakuan reconstructions (Powell 1974)


 * Hokan
 * Hokan: Appendix:Proto-Hokan reconstructions (Kaufman 2015)
 * Shasta: Appendix:Shasta Swadesh list (Bright & Olmsted 1959)
 * Karok: IDS
 * Yana: Appendix:Yana Swadesh list (Sapir & Swadesh 1960)
 * Palaihnihan: Appendix:Proto-Palaihnihan reconstructions (Olmsted 1964)
 * Chimariko: Appendix:Chimariko word list (Dixon 1910)
 * Pomoan: Appendix:Proto-Pomo reconstructions (McLendon 1973)
 * Esselen: Appendix:Esselen word list (Shaul 2019, 1995)
 * Salinan: Appendix:Salinan word lists (Mason 1918; Shaul 2020)
 * Chumashan: Appendix:Proto-Chumash reconstructions (Klar 1977)
 * Waikuri: Appendix:Waikuri word list (Zamponi 2004)
 * Cochimi-Yuman: Appendix:Proto-Yuman reconstructions (Mixco 1978)
 * Seri: IDS


 * Others
 * Yuki-Wappo: Appendix:Proto-Yukian reconstructions (Schlichter 1985)
 * Washo: Appendix:Washo word lists (Kroeber 1907)
 * Kutenai: Appendix:Kutenai word list (Boas 1918)

Pueblo

 * Kiowa-Tanoan: Appendix:Proto-Kiowa-Tanoan reconstructions (Hale 1967)
 * Keresan: Appendix:Proto-Keresan reconstructions (Miller & Davis 1963)
 * Zuni: IDS

South Texas and Tamaulipas

 * Coahuilteco: Appendix:Coahuilteco word list (Swanton 1940)
 * Comecrudan: Appendix:Comecrudo word list (Swanton 1940)
 * Cotoname: Appendix:Cotoname word list (Swanton 1940)
 * Karankawa: Appendix:Karankawa word list (Swanton 1940)
 * Tonkawa: Appendix:Tonkawa Swadesh list (Hoijer 1949)
 * Maratino: Appendix:Maratino word list (Swanton 1940)
 * Quinigua: Appendix:Quinigua word list (Gursky 1964, from del Hoyo 1960) [originally in Spanish]
 * Naolan: Appendix:Naolan word list (Weitlaner 1948) [in Spanish]

Gulf

 * Muskogean: Appendix:Proto-Muskogean reconstructions (Booker 1995)
 * Adai: Appendix:Adai word list (Grant 1995, from Sibley 1804)
 * Atakapa: Appendix:Atakapa Swadesh list (Gatschet & Swanton 1932)
 * Natchez: Appendix:Natchez word list (Brinton 1873); Appendix:Natchez Swadesh list (van Tuyl 1979)
 * Timucua: Appendix:Timucua word list (Granberry 1993)
 * Tunica: (Haas 1953)

Mesoamerica

 * Otomanguean: Appendix:Proto-Oto-Manguean reconstructions (Kaufman 1983)
 * Oto-Pamean: Appendix:Proto-Oto-Pamean reconstructions (Bartholomew 1989)
 * Central Otomian: Appendix:Proto-Central Otomian reconstructions (Newman & Weitlaner 1950)
 * Otomi: Appendix:Proto-Otomi reconstructions (Newman & Weitlaner 1950)
 * Popolocan: Appendix:Proto-Popolocan reconstructions (Fernández 1951)
 * Mazatecan: Appendix:Proto-Mazatec reconstructions (Kirk 1966)
 * Chinantecan: Appendix:Proto-Chinantec reconstructions (Rensch 1989)
 * Mixtecan: Appendix:Proto-Mixtec roots (Josserand 1983) [in Spanish]
 * Zapotec: Appendix:Proto-Zapotec reconstructions (Benton 1988; Operstein 2012)
 * Uto-Aztecan: Appendix:Proto-Uto-Aztecan reconstructions (Stubbs 2011)
 * Nahuan: Appendix:Proto-Aztecan reconstructions (Davletshin 2012)
 * Purépecha (Tarascan): Appendix:Purépecha word list (Chamoreau 2003) [in Spanish]; Appendix:Purepecha Swadesh list
 * Cuitlatec: Appendix:Cuitlatec word list (Escalante 1962) [in Spanish]
 * Totozoquean: Appendix:Proto-Totozoquean reconstructions (Brown, et al. 2011)
 * Totonacan: Appendix:Proto-Totonacan reconstructions (MacKay & Trechsel 2018)
 * Mixe-Zoquean: Appendix:Proto-Mixe-Zoquean reconstructions (Wichmann 1995) [in Spanish]
 * Chitimacha: (Swadesh 1950); see also Appendix:Proto-Totozoquean reconstructions (Brown, et al. 2014)
 * Tequistlatecan
 * Highland Chontal: Appendix:Highland Chontal word list (Waterhouse 1980) [in Spanish]
 * Huamelultec: Appendix:Huamelultec word list (O'Connor 2014) [in Spanish]
 * Tequistlatec: Appendix:Tequistlatec word list (Angulo & Freeland 1925)
 * Huavean: Appendix:Proto-Huave reconstructions (Suárez 1975) [in Spanish]
 * Mayan: Appendix:Proto-Mayan reconstructions, Appendix:Proto-Mayan Swadesh list (Kaufman 2017) [in Spanish and English]
 * Xincan: Appendix:Xinca word lists (Galvez 1966; Galvez 1967; MacArthur 1966) [in Spanish]
 * Jicaquean: Appendix:Proto-Jicaque reconstructions (Campbell 1980)
 * Lencan: Appendix:Proto-Lencan reconstructions (Arguedas 1988) [in Spanish]
 * Lenca: Appendix:Lenca word list (del Río 2004) [in Spanish]
 * Misumalpan: Appendix:Proto-Misumalpan reconstructions (Constenla 1987) [in Spanish]

South America

 * Arawakan: Appendix:Proto-Arawakan reconstructions (Ramirez 2019) [in Portuguese]; (Aikhenvald 2002); (Jolkesky 2016) [in Portuguese]
 * Lokono-Guajiro: Appendix:Proto-Lokono-Guajiro reconstructions (Captain 1991)
 * Wayuu: Appendix:Wayuu word list (González 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Japura-Colombia: Appendix:Proto-Japurá-Colombia reconstructions (Ramirez 2019) [in Portuguese]
 * Bolivia: Appendix:Proto-Bolivia reconstructions (Ramirez 2019) [in Portuguese]
 * Mamoré-Guaporé: Appendix:Proto-Mamoré-Guaporé reconstructions (Jolkesky 2016) [in Portuguese]
 * Mojeño: Appendix:Proto-Mojeño reconstructions (Carvalho & Rose 2018)
 * Purus: Appendix:Proto-Purus reconstructions (Carvalho 2020)
 * Cariban: Appendix:Proto-Cariban reconstructions (Gildea 2007, 2012)
 * Taranoan: Appendix:Proto-Taranoan reconstructions (Meira 2000)
 * Chibchan: Appendix:Proto-Chibchan reconstructions (Constenla 1981; Pache 2018)
 * Barí: IDS
 * Muisca: IDS
 * Pano–Takanan: Appendix:Proto-Pano-Takanan reconstructions (Girard 1971)
 * Panoan: Appendix:Proto-Panoan reconstructions (Oliveira 2014) [originally in Portuguese]
 * Tacanan
 * Makúan: Appendix:Proto-Makú reconstructions (Martins 2005) [in Portuguese]
 * Hupda: Appendix:Hupda word list (González 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Tukanoan: Appendix:Proto-Tukanoan reconstructions (Chacon 2013)
 * Tupian: Appendix:Proto-Tupian reconstructions (Nikulin 2020 [in Portuguese]; Corrêa-da-Silva 2010 [in Portuguese]; Rodrigues & Cabral 2012; Rodrigues 2007 [in Portuguese]); Tupían Lexical Database (TuLeD)
 * Puruborá: Appendix:Puruborá word list (Montserrat 2005) [in Portuguese]
 * Ramarrama: Appendix:Karo word list (Gabas 1998) [in Portuguese]
 * Tuparí: Appendix:Proto-Tupari reconstructions (Nikulin & Andrade 2020; Moore & Vilacy Galucio 1994)
 * Mawetí-Guaraní: Appendix:Proto-Maweti-Guarani reconstructions (Meira & Drude 2015); (Corrêa-da-Silva 2013) [in Portuguese]
 * Tupí-Guaraní: Appendix:Proto-Tupi-Guarani reconstructions (Nikulin 2020 [in Portuguese]; Mello 2000 [in Portuguese]; Schleicher 1998; Lemle 1971)
 * Paraguayan Guaraní: Appendix:Paraguayan Guaraní basic vocabulary (Estigarribia 2020)
 * Arawan: Appendix:Proto-Arawan reconstructions (Dixon 2004)
 * Barbacoan: Appendix:Proto-Barbacoan reconstructions (Curnow & Liddicoat 1998)
 * Cayapa: IDS
 * Colorado: IDS
 * Cahuapanan: Appendix:Proto-Cahuapanan reconstructions (Rojas-Berscia & Nikulin 2021); Rojas 2019; Valenzuela 2011 [in Spanish])
 * Charruan
 * Chaná: Appendix:Chaná word list (Viegas Barros & Jaime 2013) [in Spanish]
 * Chipaya–Uru
 * Chipaya: IDS
 * Chocoan: Appendix:Proto-Choco reconstructions (Constenla & Pena 1981) [in Spanish]
 * Embera: IDS
 * Epena: IDS
 * Cholón: Appendix:Hibito-Cholon word lists (Loukotka 1949) [in French]
 * Cholón: Appendix:Cholón word list (Alexander-Bakkerus 2005)
 * Guajiboan: Appendix:Proto-Guahiban reconstructions (Christian & Matteson 1972)
 * Jirajaran: Appendix:Jirajaran word lists (Oramas 1916) [in Spanish]
 * Jivaroan: Appendix:Proto-Shuar reconstructions (Payne 1981) [in Spanish]
 * Achuar: Appendix:Achuar word list (O'Hagan 2015)
 * Aguaruna: IDS
 * Nambikwaran: Appendix:Proto-Nambikwaran reconstructions (Price 1978)
 * Qawasqaran: IDS
 * Páez: IDS
 * Páez: Appendix:Páez word list (González 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Timotean: Appendix:Timote word list (Rivet 1927) [in French]
 * Tiniguan: Appendix:Tinigua word lists (Castellvi 1940) [in Spanish]; (Bolaños 2023)
 * Yanomaman
 * Yanomámi: IDS
 * Ninam: IDS


 * Lule-Vilelan: Appendix:Proto-Lule-Vilela reconstructions (Viegas Barros 2006) [in Spanish]
 * Vilela: Appendix:Vilela word list (Golluscio & Zamponi 2019) [in Spanish]
 * Mascoyan
 * Sanapaná (Angaité dialect): IDS
 * Sanapaná (Enlhet dialect): IDS
 * Lengua: IDS
 * Zamucoan
 * Ayoreo: IDS
 * Chamacoco: Appendix:Chamacoco word list (Ciucci 2013)


 * Macro-Jê: Appendix:Proto-Macro-Jê reconstructions (Nikulin 2020) [in Portuguese]
 * Jê: Appendix:Proto-Jê reconstructions (Nikulin 2020 [in Portuguese]; Ribeiro & van der Voort 2010; Davis 1966)
 * Jabutían: Appendix:Proto-Jabuti reconstructions (Nikulin 2020; Voort 2007) [originally in Portuguese]
 * Kamakanan: Appendix:Proto-Kamakã reconstructions (Martins 2007) [in Portuguese]; Appendix:Kamakã word lists (Ramirez 2015)
 * Karajá
 * Krenákan
 * Maxakalían: Appendix:Maxakali word lists (Ramirez 2015) [in Portuguese and English]
 * Jeikó: Appendix:Jeikó word list (Martius 1867) [in Latin]
 * Ofayé
 * Rikbaktsá: Appendix:Rikbaktsa word list (Tremaine 2007) [in Portuguese]
 * Karirian
 * Dzubukuá: Appendix:Dzubukuá word list (Queiroz 2008) [in Portuguese]
 * Purian: Appendix:Proto-Puri reconstructions (Silva Neto 2007) [in Portuguese]
 * Bororoan: Appendix:Proto-Bororo reconstructions (Camargos 2013) [in Portuguese]


 * Arutani–Sape ?: Appendix:Arutani-Sape Swadesh lists (Migliazza 1978)
 * Awaké
 * Kaliana
 * Máku ?


 * Bora–Witoto ?
 * Boran: Appendix:Proto-Bora-Muinane reconstructions (Seifart 2015)
 * Bora: Appendix:Bora word list (González 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Witotoan: Appendix:Proto-Witotoan reconstructions (Aschmann 1993) [in Spanish and English]
 * Witoto: Appendix:Witoto word list (González 2000) [in Spanish]


 * Chimuan ?
 * Cañari–Puruhá
 * Cañari
 * Mochica: Appendix:Mochica word list (Brüning 2004) [in Spanish]
 * Quingnam
 * Sechura–Catacaoan: Appendix:Sechura-Catacao word lists (Loukotka 1949) [in French]
 * Sechura: Appendix:Sechura word lists (Urban 2019)


 * Esmeralda–Yaruroan ?
 * Esmeralda: Appendix:Esmeralda word list (Jijón y Caamaño 1941) [in Spanish]
 * Yaruro: Appendix:Yaruro word list (Mosonyi & García 2000) [in Spanish]; IDS


 * Macro-Daha ?: Appendix:Proto-Macro-Daha reconstructions (Jolkesky 2009) [in Portuguese]
 * Sáliban
 * Sáliba: Appendix:Sáliba word list (González 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Piaroa: Appendix:Piaroa word list (González 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Tikuna–Yuri
 * Ticuna: Appendix:Ticuna word list (Montes 2000, in González 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Yuri: Appendix:Yuri word list (Goulard & Montes 2013) [in Spanish]
 * Caraballo: Appendix:Caraballo word list (Goulard & Montes 2013) [in Spanish]
 * Jotí: IDS
 * Andoque ?: Appendix:Andoque Swadesh list (Landaburu 2000, in González 2000)


 * Macro-Otomákoan ?
 * Otomacoan: Appendix:Otomacoan word lists (Rosenblat 1936) [in Spanish]
 * Harákmbut–Katukinan: Appendix:Harákmbut-Katukina word lists (Adelaar 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Trumai: IDS


 * Macro-Warpean ?
 * Huarpean
 * Allentiac: Appendix:Allentiac word list (Canals Frau 1941) [in Spanish]; Allentiac Swadesh list (Spanish Wiktionary)
 * Millcayac
 * Muran
 * Mura: Appendix:Mura word list (Hanke 1950) [in Portuguese]
 * Pirahã: Appendix:Pirahã word lists (Ladefoged & Everett 1995); (Heinrichs 1963) [in Portuguese]
 * Matanawi: Appendix:Matanawi word list (Nimuendajú 1925) [in Portuguese]


 * Mataco–Guaicuru ?
 * Matacoan: Appendix:Proto-Mataguayo reconstructions (Viegas Barros 2002) [in Spanish]
 * Guaicuruan: Appendix:Proto-Guaicurú reconstructions (Viegas Barros 2013) [in Spanish]; Ceria & Sandalo (1995)
 * Guachí ?: Appendix:Guachi word list (Viegas Barros 2004) [in Spanish]
 * Payaguá ?: Appendix:Payagua word lists (Parodi 1880) [in Italian]; (Boggiani 1900) [in Spanish]


 * Mosetén–Chon ?
 * Mosetén: IDS
 * Chonan
 * Tehuelche: IDS
 * Selknam: IDS


 * Quechumaran ?: Appendix:Quechumaran Swadesh lists (Cerrón 2000)
 * Quechuan: Appendix:Quechuan Swadesh list
 * Aymaran: IDS


 * Saparo–Yawan ?
 * Zaparoan: Appendix:Proto-Zaparoan reconstructions (Carvalho 2013)
 * Iquito: Appendix:Iquito word list (O'Hagan 2015)
 * Peba–Yagua: Appendix:Proto-Peba-Yagua reconstructions (Peña 2009)
 * Yagua: IDS


 * Tequiraca–Canichana ?
 * Aiwa (Tequiraca): Appendix:Aiwa word lists (Michael & Beier 2012); (Beier & Michael 2023)
 * Canichana: Appendix:Canichana word list (Crevels 2012) [in Spanish]


 * Wamo–Chapakura ?
 * Chapacuran: Appendix:Proto-Chapacuran reconstructions (Angenot 1997) [originally in Portuguese]
 * Pacaas Novos: IDS
 * Guamo: Appendix:Guamo word list (Anonymous 1778) [in Spanish]

Isolates

 * Andaquí: Appendix:Andaqui word list (Coronas 1995) [in Spanish]
 * Kunza: IDS; Kunza Swadesh list (Spanish Wiktionary)
 * Betoi: Appendix:Betoi word list (Zamponi 2003)
 * Kamsá: Appendix:Kamsá word list (Huber & Reed 1992) [in Spanish and English]
 * Candoshi: Appendix:Candoshi word list (Tuggy 1966) [in Spanish]; Appendix:Proto-Shuar-Candoshi reconstructions (Payne 1981) [in Spanish]
 * Chono: Appendix:Chono word list (Samitier 1967) (spurious) [in Spanish]
 * Cofán: IDS
 * Culle: Appendix:Culli word list (Loukotka 1949) [in French]
 * Guató: Appendix:Guató word lists (Postigo 2009; Palácio 1984) [in Portuguese]
 * Irantxe: Appendix:Irantxe word lists (Pereira 1960; Monserrat 2010) [in Portuguese]
 * Mapudungun: IDS; WOLD; Mapudungun Swadesh list (Spanish Wiktionary)
 * Mato Grosso Arára: Appendix:Mato Grosso Arára word lists [in Portuguese]
 * Munichi: Appendix:Munichi word list (Gibson 1996) [in Spanish]
 * Omurano: Appendix:Omurano word list (O'Hagan 2011); (Tessmann 1930) [in German]
 * Otí: Appendix:Oti word list (Quadros 1892; Borba 1908; Nikulin 2020) [in Portuguese]
 * Puquina: Appendix:Puquina word list (Aguilo 2000) [in Spanish]
 * Ramanos: Appendix:Ramanos word list (Palau & Saiz 1989) [in Spanish]
 * Waorani: IDS
 * Taushiro: Appendix:Taushiro word list (O'Hagan 2015)
 * Urarina: Appendix:Urarina word list (O'Hagan 2015)
 * Warao: Appendix:Warao word lists (Arinterol 2000; Ponce 2004) [in Spanish]
 * Yagán: IDS; Yagán Swadesh list (Spanish Wiktionary)
 * Yurumangui: Appendix:Yurumangui word list (Ortiz 1946, from a 1768 dictionary) [in Spanish]
 * Leko: Appendix:Leco word lists (Montaño Aragón 1989) [in Spanish]
 * Mure (only a few texts)
 * Puinave: Appendix:Puinave word list (Girón 1998) [in Spanish]; IDS


 * Katembri–Taruma ?
 * Katembri: Appendix:Katembri word lists (Métraux 1951) [in French]; Bandeira (1972) [in Portuguese]
 * Taruma: Appendix:Taruma word lists (Loukotka 1949) [in French]; Jolkesky (2016) [in Portuguese]


 * Northeast Brazil
 * Xukurú: Appendix:Xukurú word lists (Pompeu 1958; Meader 1978; Lapenda 1962) [in Portuguese]; (Loukotka 1949) [in French]
 * Natú: Appendix:Natú word list (Pompeu 1958) [in Portuguese]
 * Pankararú: Appendix:Pankararú word lists (Pompeu 1958; Meader 1978) [in Portuguese]
 * Tuxá: Appendix:Tuxá word lists (Pompeu 1958; Meader 1978) [in Portuguese]
 * Atikum (Wamoé): Appendix:Atikum word lists (Pompeu 1958; Meader 1978) [in Portuguese]
 * Kambiwá: Appendix:Kambiwá word list (Meader 1978) [in Portuguese]
 * Xokó: Appendix:Xokó word lists (Pompeu 1958; Meader 1978) [in Portuguese]
 * Yatê (Fulniô): Appendix:Yatê word lists (Nikulin 2020; Sá 2000) [in Portuguese]
 * Baenan: Appendix:Baenan word list (Loukotka 1963) [in French]
 * Kaimbé: Appendix:Kaimbé word list (Meader 1978) [in Portuguese]
 * Tarairiú: Appendix:Tarairiú word list (Souza Santos 2009) [in Portuguese]
 * Gamela: Appendix:Gamela word list (Nimuendajú 1937)


 * Rondônia
 * Aikanã: Appendix:Aikanã Swadesh list (van der Voort 2005)
 * Kanoê: Appendix:Kanoê Swadesh list (van der Voort 2005); Appendix:Kanoê word list (Bacelar 2004) [in Portuguese]
 * Kwaza: Appendix:Kwaza Swadesh list (van der Voort 2005); Appendix:Kwaza word list (Manso 2013) [in Portuguese]


 * Bolivian Amazon
 * Cayuvava: IDS
 * Chiquitano: Appendix:Chiquitano word list (Santana 2012) [in Portuguese]
 * Itonama: IDS
 * Movima: IDS
 * Yuracaré: Appendix:Yuracaré word list (Ribera, et al. 1991) [in Spanish]


 * Chile
 * Swadesh list of languages originally spoken in Chile (Spanish Wiktionary)