Macro-Panoan languages

Macro-Panoan is a hypothetical proposal linking four language families of Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina that Kaufman (1994) says "seems promising".^[1] The Pano–Takanan connection is widely but not unanimously accepted. Kaufman (1990) also finds the Moseten–Chon connection fairly convincing. However, the deeper connection between these two groups is more tentative.^[2]

• Macro–Panoan
  • Pano–Takanan (?)
  • Mosetén–Chon (?)
    • Mosetenan
    • Chonan †

Macro-Panoan
(controversial)
Geographic distribution	southern South America
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	Pano–Takanan (?) Mosetén–Chon (?)
Language codes
Glottolog	None

References

1. Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
2. Kaufman, Terrence. (1990). Language history in South America: What we know and how to know more. In D. L. Payne (Ed.), Amazonian linguistics: Studies in lowland South American languages (pp. 13–67). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-70414-3.