List of unclassified languages of North America

A number of languages of North America are too poorly attested to classify. These include Adai, Beothuk, Calusa, Cayuse, Karankawa, and Solano.

There are other languages which are scarcely attested at all.

Campbell et al.

Lyle Campbell et al. (2007) list the following extinct and nearly unattested language varieties of North America as unclassifiable due to lack of data.

• Eyeish
• Coree
• Sewee
• Cusabo
• Shoccoree-Eno (see Eno people)
• Pascagoula
• Quinipissa
• Opelousa
• Pedee
• Bayogoula
• Okelousa
• Congaree
• Winyaw (see Winyaw)
• Santee (see Santee tribe; distinguish Santee Sioux)
• Okchai-Chacato (see Okchai, Chatot people)
• Tequesta
• Guale
• Sanan
• Yamasee
• Akokisa
• Avoyel
• Tocobaga (see Tocobaga)
• Houma
• Neusiok (see Neusiok people)
• Ubate
• Cape Fear
• Pensacola (see Pensacola people)
• Bidai
• Wateree (see Wateree people)
• Mobile
• Michigamea
• Pakana
• Saxapahaw
• Keyauwee
• Guachichil^†
• Suma-Jumano^† (see Suma & Jumanos)
• Huite^†
• Concho^†
• Jova^†
• Acaxee^† (see Acaxee)
• Xixime (Jijime)^†
• Zacatec^† (see Zacatecos; perhaps the same as Acaxee)
• Tahue^†
• Guasave^†
• Toboso^† (see Tobosos)

† Ethnographic evidence suggests these varieties might have been Uto-Aztecan.^[1] See Uto-Aztecan languages § Extinct languages for more.

See also

• Category:Unclassified languages of North America
• List of extinct languages of North America
• Uto-Aztecan languages#Extinct languages
• Languages of North America

Further reading

• Zamponi, Raoul (2024). "Unclassified languages". The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America. De Gruyter. pp. 1627–1648. doi:10.1515/9783110712742-061. ISBN 978-3-11-071274-2.

References

1. Campbell, Goddard, Golla, Mackenzie, Mithun, & Mixco, 2007. Atlas of the World's Languages, 2nd ed, 32–43.