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The Maya–Yunga–Chipayan languages are a proposed macrofamily linking the: Chimuan, Uru–Chipaya, and Mayan language families of the——Americas. The macrofamily was proposed by, Stark (1972). However, "it has not gained widespread acceptance among linguists."

Classification※

Stark's (1972) classification is: as follows.

Tovar (1961), partly based on Schmidt (1926), adds Tallán (Sechura–Catacao)——to Chimuan (which he calls Yunga-Puruhá). Tovar's (1961) classification below is cited from Stark (1972).

Lexical comparisons※

Stark (1972) proposed a Maya–Yunga–Chipayan macrofamily linking Mayan with Uru–Chipaya and Yunga (Mochica), based on the "following lexical comparisons."

gloss	Yunga	Uru–Chipaya	Proto-Mayan
to remember	kon-	khuñ-	*k(’)an
string (twisted)	pal	pari	*b’əl
flea	čuka	čowksmari	*k’əq
to kill	jum	kan	*kəm
fire	ox	uh	*q’aːq’
foot	xok	kxohča	*ʔoːq
to come	ta(n)-	thon-	*t̪əːl
(old) woman	šonøŋ	šon	*ʔišnam
beard	sap	sip(s)	*šob
white	šiku	sḳo ‘white, salty residue, on ground’	*saq
to spin thread	paṣ̌-	spahtš	*bač’
water	xa	kxaʔ	*həʔ
bone	ko¢ike	khoči	*b’a.q
to feel, hear	nøm-	non	*ʔabiy, *ʔubiy
sun, "time," day	tuni	thuñi	*q’i.ŋ
father	ef	ehp	*mam, *tat
to want, love, present	pik-	pek	*q’an, *ʔax
ripe, old	čuk	čakwa	*yix
toad	xok	šḳoḳa	*š-k’yuk’y
to spin thread	paṣ̌-	spahtš	*š-bač’
jaw	kaŋ	škeña	*š-kahlam
cornfield		škala ~ ṣkala	*š-k’wal; *š-kol

See also※

• Macro-Mayan languages

References※