Intercontinental Dictionary Series
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 of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. Mary Ritchie Key of the University of California, Irvine is the founding editor. The database has an especially large selection of indigenous South American languages and Northeast Caucasian languages.
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.
Amerindian
North Amerindian
- Tlingit
- Haida
- Tsimshian
- Mosan?
- Wakashan
- Nootka
- Salishan
- Bella Coola
- Chehalis
- Wakashan
- Hokan?
- Karok
- Seri
- Zuni
- Nahuatl (Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla)
- Chatino, Zacatepec
South Amerindian
Northern
- Chocoan
- Emberá
- Embera – Colombia
- Epena – Colombia
- Emberá
- Chibchan
- Muisca – Colombia
- Barí (Tairona) – Colombia / Venezuela
- Cofán? – Colombia / Ecuador
- Macro-Paezan?
- Barbacoan
- Cayapa (Cha'palaachi) – Ecuador
- Colorado (Tsafiki) – Ecuador
- Paezan
- Páez – Colombia
- Barbacoan
- Yanomaman
- Yanomami
- Ninam
- Esmeralda-Yaruro?
- Yaruro – Venezuela
- Tucanoan
- Siona – Ecuador
- Tuyuca – Colombia / Brazil
- Macro-Jibaro?
- Jivaroan
- Aguaruna – Peru / Ecuador
- Jivaroan
Amazonian
- Arawakan
- Maipurean
- Goajiro (Wayuu) – Colombia
- Wapishana – Guyana / Brazil
- Yavitero – Venezuela (extinct)
- Mashco Piro (Yine) – Peru / Brazil
- Waurá – Brazil
- Baure – Bolivia
- Moxos – Bolivia
- Ignaciano – Bolivia
- Trinitario – Bolivia
- Maipurean
- Je-Tupi-Carib?
- Macro-Gê
- Karajá
- Gê
- Kaingáng
- Canela
- Tupian
- Tupinambá – Brazil
- Guaraní – Paraguay
- Chiriguano – Bolivia
- Aché – Paraguay
- Mundurukú – Brazil
- Sirionó – Bolivia
- Wayampi – French Guiana
- Cariban
- Carib (De'kwana)
- Panare – Venezuela
- Macushi – Brazil / Guyana
- Wai Wai – Brazil / Guyana
- Macro-Gê
- Pano-Tacanan
- Panoan
- Cashibo – Peru
- Shipibo-Conibo – Peru
- Yaminahua – Peru
- Chácobo – Bolivia
- Pacahuara – Bolivia
- Tacanan
- Ese Ejja (Huarayo) – Peru / Bolivia
- Tacana – Bolivia
- Cavineña – Bolivia
- Araona – Bolivia
- Panoan
- Macro-Puinavean?
- Katukinian
- Catuquina – Acre, Brazil
- Puinavean (Nadahup/Makú)
- Hup – Brazil / Colombia
- Yuwana (Hodï)? – Venezuela
- Katukinian
- Saparo-Yawan?
- Peba-Yaguan
- Yagua – Brazil
- Peba-Yaguan
- Wamo-Chapakura?
- Chapacuran
- Pacaas Novos – Brazil
- Chapacuran
- Chimu-Chipaya?
- Uru-Chipaya
- Chipaya – Bolivia
- Uru-Chipaya
Southern
- Mataco-Guaicuru?
- Guaicuruan
- Pilagá – Argentina
- Toba – Argentina / Paraguay
- Mocoví – Argentina
- Matacoan
- Chorote – Argentina
- Maká – Paraguay
- Nivaclé – Paraguay
- Wichi – Argentina
- Guaicuruan
- Zamucoan
- Ayoreo – Paraguay / Bolivia
- Mascoian
- Sanapaná – Paraguay
- Moseten-Chon?
- Moseten
- Mosetén (Tsimané) – Bolivia
- Chon
- Selknam
- Tehuelche
- Moseten
- Alacalufan
- Qawasqar
Others
- Isolates
- Waorani (Huaorani) – Ecuador
- Trumai – Brazil
- Aymara
- Cayuvava – Bolivia (extinct)
- Itonama – Bolivia
- Movima – Bolivia
- Puelche (Gününa Küne) – Argentina Pampas
- Kunza – Chile (extinct)
- Mapudungun
- Yagán (Yaghan)
Northeast Caucasian
- Northeast Caucasian
- Nakh
- Chechen
- Avar–Andic
- Avar
- Andi
- Botlikh
- Chamalal
- Ghodoberi
- Bagvalin (Bagvalal)
- Tindi
- Karata
- Akhvakh
- Tsezic
- Tsez
- Hinukh
- Bezhta
- Hunzib
- Khvarshi
- Lak (isolate)
- Khinalug (isolate)
- Dargi
- Dargwa
- Lezgic
- Archi
- Udi
- Lezgi
- Aghul
- Tabasaran
- Budukh
- Rutul
- Tsakhur
- Nakh
Indo-European
- Indo-European
- Hittite
- Tocharian A/B
- Armenian (Eastern, Western)
- Albanian, Tosk
- Greek (Ancient, Modern)
- Indo-Iranian
- Persian
- Avestan
- Tats (Judeo-Tat)
- Sanskrit
- Romani
- Celtic
- Irish (Old, Modern)
- Breton
- Welsh
- Germanic
- Core Germanic
- English (Old, Middle, Modern)
- German (Old, Middle, Modern)
- Yiddish
- Dutch
- Gothic
- Scandinavian
- Old Norse
- Danish
- Swedish
- Core Germanic
- Balto-Slavic
- Baltic
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
- Prussian
- Slavic
- Russian
- Old Church Slavonic
- Bulgarian
- Serbo-Croatian
- Polish
- Czech
- Baltic
- Romance
- Latin
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Catalan
- French
- Italian
- Romanian
Miscellaneous
- Basque
- Elamite
- Turkic
- Azerbaijan
- Nogai
- Kumyk
- Chulym
- Uralic
- Baltic-Finnic
- Finnish
- Estonian
- Hungarian
- Erza Mordvin
- Komi
- Khanty
- Udmurt
- Mansi
- Mari
- Lappish (North Saami)
- Samoyedic
- Nenets
- Selkup
- Baltic-Finnic
- Austronesian
- Proto Austronesian
- Proto Polynesian
- Rotuman – Fiji
- Tongan
- Marquesan
- Tuamotuan
- Hawaiian
- Maori
- Rapa Nui
- Afro-Asiatic
- Semitic
- Arabic
- Aramaic
- Chadic
- Hausa
- Polci
- Semitic
- Nilo-Saharan
- Ghulfan
- Creoles
- Negerhollands (Dutch-based) – U.S. Virgin Islands
- Limonese Creole (English-based) – Costa Rica
- Lengua (Quechua-based) – Ecuador (mixed)
See also
- Rosetta Project
- Ethnologue
- World Atlas of Language Structures
- Swadesh list
- Comparative linguistics
- Comparative method
- Mass comparison
- All Species Foundation, another project of the foundation
- Endangered language
- Language death
- Language revitalization
External links
Archival collections
- Guide to the Intercontinental Dictionary Series project CD-ROMs. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.