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Macro-Panoan languages

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Macro-Panoan
(controversial)
Geographic
distribution
southern South America
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

Macro-Panoan is a hypothetical proposal linking four language families of Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina that Kaufman (1994) says "seems promising". The Pano–Takanan connection is generally accepted. Kaufman (1990) also finds the Moseten–Chon connection fairly convincing. However, the deeper connection between these two groups is more tentative.