[citation needed] Five clear Pakawan languages are attested: Coahuilteco, Cotoname, Comecrudo, Garza and Mamulique.
The first three were first proposed to be related by John Wesley Powell in 1891, in a grouping then called Coahuiltecan.
The term Coahuiltecan languages today refers to a slightly expanded and less securely established grouping.
Most Pakawan languages have at times been included also in the much larger and highly hypothetical Hokan "stock".
[2] The following word comparisons are given by Manaster Ramer (1996): The following sound changes and correspondences should be noted: The Comecrudo, Cotoname, Karankawa, Coahuilteco, Solano, and Maratino data below are all from Swanton (1940).