Language | Current Population (speakers) | Former Population Estimate | Subsistence Preference | Density | Sedentism | Ecotome | Marriage Pattern | Notes | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |