Unattested Languages
Several languages are only known by mention in historical documents or from only a few names or words. It cannot be determined that these languages actually existed or that the few recorded words are actually of known or unknown languages. Some may simply be from a historian's errors. Others are of known people with no linguistic record (sometimes due to lost records). A short list is below.
- Ais
- Akokisa
- Aranama
- Ausaima
- Avoyel
- Bayogoula
- Bidai
- Cacán (Diaguita–Calchaquí)
- Calusa - Mayaimi - Tequesta
- Chome
- Cusabo
- Eyeish
- Grigra
- Guale
- Houma
- Koroa
- Manek'enk (Haush)
- Mayaca (possibly related to Ais)
- Mobila
- Okelousa
- Opelousa
- Pascagoula
- Pensacola - Chatot (Muscogean languages, possibly related to Choctaw)
- Quinipissa
- Taensa
- Tiou
- Yamacraw
- Yamasee
- Yazoo
Loukotka (1968) reports the names of hundreds of South American languages which do not have any linguistic documentation.
Read more about this topic: Indigenous Languages Of The Americas
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