[1][2] Early vocabularies show that Alakaluf was three languages, with an extinct Southern Alakaluf (vocabularies in Fitz-Roy 1839 and Hyades & Deniker 1891) and Central Alakaluf (vocabularies in Borgatello 1928, Marcel 1892, and Skottsberg 1913) in addition to the critically endangered northern variety, Kawésqar.
[3] Based on alleged toponymic evidence, a purported Kakauhua language has sometimes been included in the Alacalufan family.
[citation needed] Guaicaro may have been a dialect of Central Alakaluf or Kawesqar.
Mason (1950) lists:[4] Chono, Caraica (Karaika), and Poya may also belong.
Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items.