Macro-Paesan (also spelledMacro-Paezan) is a proposal linking several small families andlanguage isolates of northwest South America. Kaufman (2007) proposes the structure at the right. Paez–Barbacoan is commonly proposed, though Curnow (1998) argued that it (or at leastPaez–Coconucan) is spurious.

Kunza–Kapixana was a more provisional suggestion (Kaufman 1990, 1994, 2007; Swadesh 1959),^[1][2][3] but this connection is not widely accepted.^{[citation needed]} Kunza is now generally considered to be a language isolate.

Jolkesky (2015) proposes lexical evidence linking thePáez,Andaqui (Andakí), andTinígua languages.^[4]

• Kaufman, Terrence. 2007.Atlas of the World's Languages, 2nd edition, 62–64. Routledge.

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