that the Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan languages may be connected in a Macro-Siouan language family, but their work is suggestive and the theory remains hypothetical. Similar attempts to find a connection with the Algonquian languages have been inconclusive. There is insufficient evidence for linguists to propose a hypothetical Macro-Algonquian/Iroquoian language family. Reconstruction Some Proto-Northern Caddoan reconstructions by Chafe (1979): {| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Proto-Northern Caddoan !! Pawnee !! Arikara !! Wichita !! Caddo |- | arm || *win- || pí:ruʔ || wí:nuʔ || wi:rʔa || mí:suh |- | blood || *pat- || pá:tuʔ || pá:tuʔ || wa:ckicʔa || bahʔuh |- | bone || *kis- || kí:suʔ || čí:šuʔ || ki:sʔa || |- | egg || *nipik- || ripí:kuʔ || nipí:kuʔ || nikʷi:kʔa || nibih |- | eye || *kirik- || kirí:kuʔ || ciríːkuʔ || kirikʔa || |- | intestine || *riyac- || ré:cuʔ || né:suʔ || niya:cʔa || nahč’uh |- | leg || *kas- || ká:suʔ || ká:xuʔ || ka:sʔa || k’á:suh |- | liver || *karik- || karí:kuʔ || karí:kuʔ || karikʔa || kánk’uh |- | skunk || *niwit || ríwit || níwit || niwi:c || wihit |- | sun || *sak-(h)un- || sakú:ruʔ || šakú:nuʔ || sa:khirʔa || sak’uh |- | wood || *yak- || rá:kuʔ ’box’ || há:kuʔ ’box’ || haːkʔa/-ya:k- || yaʔk’uh |} For Proto-Caddoan, Chafe (1979) reconstructs the following phonemes. stops: /p t k/ affricate: /ts/ spirant: /s/ resonants: /w n r/ and /j/ laryngeals: /ʔ h/ vowels: /i a u/ Vocabulary Below is a list of basic vocabulary of Northern Caddoan languages from Parks (1979): {| class="wikitable sortable" ! No. !! English !! Arikara !! Pawnee !! Kitsai !! Wichita |- | 1 || I || -t- || -t- || -t- || -c- |- | 2 || thou || -x- || -s- || -s- || -s- |- | 3 || we || -sir- || -cir- || -ci- (incl. dual) || -cíːy- |- | 4 || this || ti || ti || tiʔi || tiʔi |- | 5 || that || i || i || i-, anini ‘by that’ || haːríːh |- | 6 || chest || waːkuːkáu? || awaːkiːsuʔ || nikokíːsu || khiːkʔa |- | 7 || not || ka- || ka- || ka- || kírih |- | 8 || all || čitúːʔ || kituː || akwác || asséːhah |- | 9 || many || ranihuːn || kari || nirahkina ‘there are