Utian languages

E17242
Native American language family language branch language family

The Utian languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in central California, traditionally including the Miwok and Costanoan (Ohlone) language branches.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Costanoan languages 0
Miwok languages 0
Utian language family 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language family ⓘ
language branch ⓘ
language branch ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Miwok languages ⓘ
surface form: Miwok–Costanoan languages

Ohlone languages ⓘ
arealGroup California linguistic area ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
documentationStatus poorly documented for some varieties ⓘ
ethnicity Miwok people ⓘ
surface form: Miwok peoples

Ohlone peoples ⓘ
familyColor American ⓘ
glottologCode utia1244 ⓘ
glottologName Utian ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification part of proposed Macro-Penutian ⓘ
hasBranch Costanoan languages ⓘ
Miwok languages ⓘ
Ohlone languages ⓘ
hasMember Costanoan languages ⓘ
Miwok languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for modern documentation) ⓘ
linguisticClassification Penutian languages ⓘ
surface form: Penutian (proposed)
memberOf Utian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Utian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
namedAfter Utah ⓘ
surface form: Utah (disputed etymology)
reconstructionStatus partially reconstructed ⓘ
region California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Central California ⓘ
surface form: central California
spokenBy indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
moribund ⓘ
subclassOf Penutian languages ⓘ
subjectOf California Native language revitalization efforts ⓘ
comparative Penutian studies ⓘ
timeDepth pre-Columbian ⓘ
traditionalLocation Monterey Bay region ⓘ
surface form: Monterey Bay area

Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penutian languages → hasSubgroup → Utian languages ⓘ
Penutian phylum → includes → Utian languages ⓘ
Costanoan languages → languageBranchOf → Utian languages ⓘ
Coast Miwok → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Me-wuk → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Miwok people → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Northern Sierra Miwok → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Ohlone peoples → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Plains Miwok → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Saclan → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Southern Sierra Miwok → languageFamily → Utian languages ⓘ
Utian languages → memberOf → Utian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Costanoan languages
Utian languages → memberOf → Utian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Miwok languages
Ohlone languages → subclassOf → Utian languages ⓘ
Miwok languages → subfamilyOf → Utian languages ⓘ
Miwok languages → subfamilyOf → Utian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yok-Utian languages
Costanoan languages → subgroupOf → Utian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Utian language family