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lsr Root  8= SOUTH-AMERICA geosector  81= INTER-OCEAN geozone
id name
81= INTER-OCEAN geozone
list descendants
position
09.02
nodeType
innernode
also
Inter-Ocean
pdf
OL-SITE 1999-2000 MASTER ONE Sectors 8-Zones 80-84.pdf
lsrType
zone
grouping
geo
scale
100.000 – 1.000.000
lsrCountry
Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guyana; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Surinam; Venezuela
notes
covers the "Inter-Ocean" reference area, composed of sets not covered by any phylozone; comprising 16 sets of languages (= 47 outer languages) spoken by communities in southern Meso-America and northern South America, from the Pacific to the Caribbean coast: 81-A MAM + MATAGALPA 81-B PECH 81-C RAMA 81-D MALÉKU + KWERESA 81-E NGOBERE + TUKURÁ 81-F COFÁN 81-G PAÉZ + COCONUCO 81-H COAIQUER + TSÁCHI 81-I HIRAHARA + GAYÓN 81-J TACAME 81-K PUMÉ 81-L TIMOTE + MUCUCHI 81-M BETOY 81-N YURIMANGI 81-O CAMSÁ 81-P GUARAO including (with zone 87=) a number of languages sometimes known as 'macú', 'makú', 'maco', an unscientific term applied by outsiders to certain indigenous communities in the interior of Colombia and Venezuela, and in adjacent Brazil
statistics
16 sets • 26 chains • 33 nets • 47 outerLanguages • 87 innerLanguages • 24 dialects • 104 leaves • 233 descendants • 39  with iso639Links • 36  with ethnologueLinks • 76  with glottologLinks
geoentityID geoentityName
sa•CO Colombia | na•Central•CR Costa Rica | sa•EC Ecuador | sa•GY Guyana | na•Central•HN Honduras | na•Central•NI Nicaragua | na•Central•PA Panama | sa•SR Suriname | sa•VE Venezuela
16 subdivisions
1* 81-A Mam + Matagalpa
2* 81-B Pech
3* 81-C Rama
4* 81-D Maléku + Kweresa
5* 81-E Ngobere + Tukurá
6* 81-F Cofán
7* 81-G Paéz + Coconuco
8* 81-H Coaiquer + Tsáchi
9* 81-I Hirahara + Gayón
10* 81-J Tacame
11* 81-K Pumé
12* 81-L Timote + Mucuchí
13* 81-M Betoy
14* 81-N Yurimangi
15* 81-O Camsá
16* 81-P Guarao

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