Intercontinental Dictionary Series - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Intercontinental Dictionary Series is a large database of topical vocabulary lists in various world languages. The general editor of the database is Bernard Comrie

Bernard Comrie

Bernard Comrie is a British-born linguist. Comrie is a specialist in linguistic typology and linguistic universals, and on Caucasian languages....

of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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, Leipzig

Leipzig

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. Mary Ritchie Key of the University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

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is the founding editor. The database has an especially large selection of indigenous South American languages

Indigenous languages of the Americas

Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses which constitute the Americas. These indigenous languages consist of dozens of distinct language families as well as many language...

and Northeast Caucasian languages

Northeast Caucasian languages

The Northeast Caucasian languages constitute a language family spoken in the Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, northern Azerbaijan, and in northeastern Georgia, as well as in diaspora populations in Russia, Turkey, and the Middle East...

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The Intercontinental Dictionary Series' advanced browsing function allows users to make custom tables which compare languages in side-by-side columns.

Below are the languages that are currently included in the Intercontinental Dictionary Series. The languages are grouped by language families, some of which are still hypothetical.

North Amerindian

Tlingit
Haida
Tsimshian
Mosan?
1. Wakashan
  1. Nootka
2. Salishan
  1. Bella Coola
  2. Chehalis
Hokan?
1. Karok
2. Seri
Zuni
Nahuatl (Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla)
Chatino, Zacatepec

Northern

Chocoan
1. Emberá
  1. Embera – Colombia
  2. Epena – Colombia
Chibchan
1. Muisca – Colombia
2. Barí (Tairona) – Colombia / Venezuela
3. Cofán? – Colombia / Ecuador
Macro-Paezan?
1. Barbacoan
  1. Cayapa (Cha'palaachi) – Ecuador
  2. Colorado (Tsafiki) – Ecuador
2. Paezan
  1. Páez – Colombia
Yanomaman
1. Yanomami
2. Ninam
Esmeralda-Yaruro?
1. Yaruro – Venezuela
Tucanoan
1. Siona – Ecuador
2. Tuyuca – Colombia / Brazil
Macro-Jibaro?
1. Jivaroan
  1. Aguaruna – Peru / Ecuador

Amazonian

Arawakan
1. Maipurean
  1. Goajiro (Wayuu) – Colombia
  2. Wapishana – Guyana / Brazil
  3. Yavitero – Venezuela (extinct)
  4. Mashco Piro (Yine) – Peru / Brazil
  5. Waurá – Brazil
  6. Baure – Bolivia
  7. Moxos – Bolivia
    1. Ignaciano – Bolivia
    2. Trinitario – Bolivia
Je-Tupi-Carib?
1. Macro-Gê
  1. Karajá
  2. Gê
    1. Kaingáng
    2. Canela
2. Tupian
  1. Tupinambá – Brazil
  2. Guaraní – Paraguay
  3. Chiriguano – Bolivia
  4. Aché – Paraguay
  5. Mundurukú – Brazil
  6. Sirionó – Bolivia
  7. Wayampi – French Guiana
3. Cariban
  1. Carib (De'kwana)
  2. Panare – Venezuela
  3. Macushi – Brazil / Guyana
  4. Wai Wai – Brazil / Guyana
Pano-Tacanan
1. Panoan
  1. Cashibo – Peru
  2. Shipibo-Conibo – Peru
  3. Yaminahua – Peru
  4. Chácobo – Bolivia
  5. Pacahuara – Bolivia
2. Tacanan
  1. Ese Ejja (Huarayo) – Peru / Bolivia
  2. Tacana – Bolivia
  3. Cavineña – Bolivia
  4. Araona – Bolivia
Macro-Puinavean?
1. Katukinian
  1. Catuquina – Acre, Brazil
2. Puinavean (Nadahup/Makú)
  1. Hup – Brazil / Colombia
  2. Yuwana (Hodï)? – Venezuela
Saparo-Yawan?
1. Peba-Yaguan
  1. Yagua – Brazil
Wamo-Chapakura?
1. Chapacuran
  1. Pacaas Novos – Brazil
Chimu-Chipaya?
1. Uru-Chipaya
  1. Chipaya – Bolivia

Southern

Mataco-Guaicuru?
1. Guaicuruan
  1. Pilagá – Argentina
  2. Toba – Argentina / Paraguay
  3. Mocoví – Argentina
2. Matacoan
  1. Chorote – Argentina
  2. Maká – Paraguay
  3. Nivaclé – Paraguay
  4. Wichi – Argentina
Zamucoan
1. Ayoreo – Paraguay / Bolivia
Mascoian
1. Sanapaná – Paraguay
Moseten-Chon?
1. Moseten
  1. Mosetén (Tsimané) – Bolivia
2. Chon
  1. Selknam
  2. Tehuelche
Alacalufan
1. Qawasqar

Others

Isolates
1. Waorani (Huaorani) – Ecuador
2. Trumai – Brazil
3. Aymara
4. Cayuvava – Bolivia (extinct)
5. Itonama – Bolivia
6. Movima – Bolivia
7. Puelche (Gününa Küne) – Argentina Pampas
8. Kunza – Chile (extinct)
9. Mapudungun
10. Yagán (Yaghan)

Northeast Caucasian

Northeast Caucasian
1. Nakh
  1. Chechen
2. Avar–Andic
  1. Avar
  2. Andi
  3. Botlikh
  4. Chamalal
  5. Ghodoberi
  6. Bagvalin (Bagvalal)
  7. Tindi
  8. Karata
  9. Akhvakh
3. Tsezic
  1. Tsez
  2. Hinukh
  3. Bezhta
  4. Hunzib
  5. Khvarshi
4. Lak (isolate)
5. Khinalug (isolate)
6. Dargi
  1. Dargwa
7. Lezgic
  1. Archi
  2. Udi
  3. Lezgi
  4. Aghul
  5. Tabasaran
  6. Budukh
  7. Rutul
  8. Tsakhur

Indo-European

Indo-European
1. Hittite
2. Tocharian A/B
3. Armenian (Eastern, Western)
4. Albanian, Tosk
5. Greek (Ancient, Modern)
6. Indo-Iranian
  1. Persian
  2. Avestan
  3. Tats (Judeo-Tat)
  4. Sanskrit
  5. Romani
7. Celtic
  1. Irish (Old, Modern)
  2. Breton
  3. Welsh
8. Germanic
  1. Core Germanic
    1. English (Old, Middle, Modern)
    2. German (Old, Middle, Modern)
    3. Yiddish
    4. Dutch
    5. Gothic
  2. Scandinavian
    1. Old Norse
    2. Danish
    3. Swedish
9. Balto-Slavic
  1. Baltic
    1. Lithuanian
    2. Latvian
    3. Prussian
  2. Slavic
    1. Russian
    2. Old Church Slavonic
    3. Bulgarian
    4. Serbo-Croatian
    5. Polish
    6. Czech
10. Romance
  1. Latin
  2. Spanish
  3. Portuguese
  4. Catalan
  5. French
  6. Italian
  7. Romanian

Miscellaneous

Basque
Elamite
Turkic
1. Azerbaijan
2. Nogai
3. Kumyk
4. Chulym
Uralic
1. Baltic-Finnic
  1. Finnish
  2. Estonian
2. Hungarian
3. Erza Mordvin
4. Komi
5. Khanty
6. Udmurt
7. Mansi
8. Mari
9. Lappish (North Saami)
10. Samoyedic
  1. Nenets
  2. Selkup
Austronesian
1. Proto Austronesian
2. Proto Polynesian
  1. Rotuman – Fiji
  2. Tongan
  3. Marquesan
  4. Tuamotuan
  5. Hawaiian
  6. Maori
  7. Rapa Nui
Afro-Asiatic
1. Semitic
  1. Arabic
  2. Aramaic
2. Chadic
  1. Hausa
  2. Polci
Nilo-Saharan
1. Ghulfan
Creoles
1. Negerhollands (Dutch-based) – U.S. Virgin Islands
2. Limonese Creole (English-based) – Costa Rica
3. Lengua (Quechua-based) – Ecuador (mixed)