Language | Current population (ethnicity) | Current population (speakers) | Former population estimate | Subsistence preference | Subsistence notes | Density | Sedentism | Ecotome (riverine/interfluvial/coastal/desert/savannah/etc.) | Social hierarchies | Multilingualism (rare/occasional/common) | Contact languages | Marriage pattern | Notes | Source | Created By |
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Cahuilla | large | AG | low | seasonal | no | ||||||||||
Southern Paiute | medium | AG | low | mobile | no | ||||||||||
Southern Ute | medium | AG | low | mobile | no | ||||||||||
Comanche | large | AG | low | mobile | no | ||||||||||
Yuma | large | AG | dense | sedentary | no | ||||||||||
Tümpisa Shoshone | small | AG | low | mobile | no | ||||||||||
Yavapai | medium | AG | low | seasonal | no | ||||||||||
Cocopa | large | AG | dense | sedentary | no | ||||||||||
Mojave | large | AG | dense | sedentary | no | ||||||||||
Big Smokey Valley Shoshone | small | AG | low | mobile | no | ||||||||||
Achagua | AG | ||||||||||||||
Baniwa | 6000 | large | AG | dense | sedentary | Riverine | |||||||||
Bare | AG | ||||||||||||||
Resígaro | 14 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | Riverine | |||||||||
Tariana | 1500 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | Riverine | Linguistic exogamy | ||||||||
Wapishana | large | AG | dense | sedentary | |||||||||||
Yukuna | 1000 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | Riverine | approx 1200 persons within 60-mile radius (Fabre) | ||||||||
Akawaio | large | AG | dense | sedentary | |||||||||||
Carijona | 300 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | ||||||||||
Eñepa | 3500 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | ||||||||||
Makushi | 25000 | large | AG | dense | sedentary | ||||||||||
Cubeo | 6150 | large | AG | medium | sedentary | Riverine | Phratric exogamy | used as lingua franca | |||||||
Desano | 1800 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | Small rivers | Linguistic exogamy | ||||||||
Tukano | 2000 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | Riverine | Linguistic exogamy | used as lingua franca | |||||||
Kotiria | 1000 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | Riverine | Linguistic exogamy | ||||||||
Maihiki | 300 | medium | AG | medium | sedentary | ||||||||||
Nheengatu | 8000 | large | AG | dense | sedentary | Riverine | exclusively the product of language shift | ||||||||
Makiritare | 6000 | large | AG | medium | sedentary |