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A small vocabulary list was collected in 1943; only 30 Pijao words and expressions are known.[citation needed]
The few words which resembleCarib are thought to be loans; toponyms in Pijao country are also Carib. Durbin & Seijas (1973) did not detect significant connections between Pijao and other unclassified languages of the area:Colima,Muzo,Pantágora, andPanche, but these are even more poorly attested than Pijao.[4]
† indicates anextinct language,italics indicates independent status of a language,bold indicates that a language family has at least 6 members, * indicates moribund status