Connected Sites
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Meroitic (debated if it's isolate or not, sometimes connected to Afro-Asiatic)
See www.ancientscripts.com
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Basque (Suso is the older of the two monasteries, and it is the site where phrases in the Spanish and Basque languages were written for the first time) (Basque is sometimes connected to Northeast Caucasian)
See en.wikipedia.org
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Sumerian dictionary has been uncovered in Tel Hazor and Sumerian is an isolate
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It is assumed the language used by the Tiwanaku was Puquina, a language isolate that used to be spoken around Lake Titicaca.
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Nowadays all aboriginal languages spoken by the traditional custodians of the park belong to the Gunwinyguan language family, which is partially the result of language shift, but until the death of Big Bill Neidjie in 2002 Gaagudju, a language isolate, was one of the major languages spoken in the area of the NP. The NP is named after the people who used to speak this language. Evans 1997 proposed the putative Anhem Land language family, which includes Gaagudju, but Glottolog does not recognise it due to lack of evidence.
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Kutenai (the park is still used by the Kutenai people).
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Ainu - The Shiretoko peninsula, stretching out to the north-east of Hokkaido, the northernmost island in the Japanese archipelago, is the ancestral home of the Ainu people. Ainu has two dialects (Hokkaido and Sakhalin), which are sometimes considered separate languages.
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While Hittite is an Indo-European language, Hattic of the Hatti people who first built Hattusa is an isolate (sometimes connected to Northwest Caucasian)
See en.wikipedia.org
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Isla Tiburon (Shark Island) is a part of the nomination and is owned by the Seri. Seri is a part of the proposed Hokan language family.
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The texts written in Linear B found around the Minoan palaces are mostly in Eteocretan, a language of unclear affiliation, but very probably a language isolate.
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Karuk (sometimes connected to many small language families of North and Mesoamerica to form the hypothetical Hokan family)
See en.wikipedia.org
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Basque - A whaling station operated by Basque sailors. Basque was spoken in Newfoundland until the 18th century.
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Hadza - The Hadza traditionally inhabited the Ngorongoro Crater. They now live in villages around it.
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Damal (Amung/Uhunduni)- According to the nomination dossier, the Damal tribe inhabits the highlands of the park. Damal is proposed as a part of Trans-Papua, but this affiliation has been rejected by Glottolog due to lack of evidence.
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Sandawe (formerly considered a Khoisan language, now established as an isolate). The Sandawe are historically connected to the rock paintings and are mentioned in the description of the site.
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Bangime (formerly considered a Dogon language, now established as an isolate)
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Mochica (sometimes connected to some poorly attested extinct languages to form Chimuan)
See en.wikipedia.org
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Sumerian (Ur)
