| Acknowledgements |
S. 7 |
| Greenberg's tentative linguistic classification of Central and South American languages |
S. 9 |
| |
| 1. |
Introduction |
S. 11 |
| 1.1. |
Purpose and scope |
S. 11 |
| 1.2. |
Number of languages |
S. 12 |
| 1.3. |
Naming |
S. 12 |
| 1.4. |
Methodology and problems of research (hypothesis/hunch – evidence – proof/establishment) |
S. 15 |
| 1.5. |
Great laboratory for ideas – theory |
S. 18 |
| 1.6. |
Bilingualism and trilingualism |
S. 19 |
| 1.7. |
Typological/areal |
S. 19 |
| 1.8. |
The future |
S. 20 |
| 2. |
History of studies |
S. 22 |
| |
Chronological history |
S. 26 |
| 3. |
Macro-Chibchan |
S. 29 |
| 4. |
Andean-Equatorial |
S. 42 |
| 5. |
Ge-Pano-Carib |
S. 84 |
| 6. |
Dialectology, sociolinguistics, and nonverbal communication |
S. 107 |
| 7. |
Distribution of languages, families, and stocks |
S. 112 |
| 7.1. |
Indices of extant Indian tribes |
S. 113 |
| 7.2. |
Maps of extant Indian tribes |
S. 128 |
| |
| Bibliography |
S. 135 |
| Index |
S. 160 |
