Penutian languages

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Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothetical language family
proposed language family
continent North America
ethnicity various Native American peoples
geneticRelationship controversial
hasAlternativeName Penutian phylum
Penutian languages
surface form: Penutian stock
hasInfluenced historical linguistics of the Americas
hasSubgroup Siuslaw language
surface form: Alsea language

California Penutian languages
Chinookan languages
Coosan languages
Klamath–Modoc language
Maiduan languages
Mexican Penutian languages
Miwok languages
surface form: Miwok–Costanoan languages

Mosan languages (proposed)
Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed)
Oregon Penutian languages
Penutian languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Plateau Penutian languages

Penutian languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sahaptian languages

Siuslaw language
Siuslaw language
surface form: Takelma language

Tsimshianic languages
Utian languages
Wintuan languages
Yokutsan languages
hasTypologicalFeature agglutinative morphology (in many members)
complex verb morphology (in many members)
vowel alternations (in some members)
isPartOf Native American languages
languageFamilyColor American
proposalDate 1913
proposedBy Alfred L. Kroeber
Roland B. Dixon
region California, United States
surface form: California

Pacific Northwest
Intermontane Plateaus
surface form: Plateau region of North America

western North America
spokenIn British Columbia
California, United States
surface form: California

Canada
Oregon
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington
surface form: Washington (state)

western United States
status many languages endangered
many languages extinct
subjectOf comparative linguistic research
controversy over language classification
writingSystem Latin script (for modern documentation)

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Southern Sierra Miwok languageFamily Penutian languages
Utian languages subclassOf Penutian languages
Utian languages linguisticClassification Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
Hokan languages relatedConcept Penutian languages
Northern Sierra Miwok languageFamily Penutian languages
Penutian languages hasSubgroup Penutian languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Plateau Penutian languages
Penutian languages hasSubgroup Penutian languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sahaptian languages
Penutian languages hasAlternativeName Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian stock
Chinookan peoples languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian languages (proposed)
Coast Miwok languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian language phylum
Miwok people languageFamily Penutian languages
Kalapuya people languageFamily Penutian languages
Nez Perce languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Plateau Penutian languages
Utian subclassOf Penutian languages
Utian proposedMacroFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian
Ohlone languages subclassOf Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian languages (proposed)
Ohlone peoples languageFamily Penutian languages
Saclan languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
California Penutian languages subgroupOf Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian language family
Maiduan languages linguisticClassification Penutian languages
Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed) partOf Penutian languages
subject surface form: Oregon Coast Penutian
this entity surface form: Penutian language family (proposed)
Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed) relatedTo Penutian languages
subject surface form: Oregon Coast Penutian
this entity surface form: Penutian languages (proposed)
Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed) subgroupOf Penutian languages
subject surface form: Oregon Coast Penutian
this entity surface form: Penutian languages (proposed)
Penutian phylum includes Penutian languages
Penutian phylum includes Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Plateau Penutian languages
Penutian phylum includes Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Sahaptian languages
Penutian phylum namedAfter Penutian languages
Me-wuk languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
Chinookan languages subclassOf Penutian languages
Oregon Penutian languages subclassOf Penutian languages
Siuslaw language languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
Mexican Penutian languages subgroupOf Penutian languages
Nisenan languageFamily Penutian languages
Upper Chinook languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
Wintuan languages familyColor Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian
Wintu people languageFamily Penutian languages
Patwin traditionalLanguagePhylum Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
Indigenous peoples of the Plateau hasLanguageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Sahaptian languages
Central Sierra Miwok partOf Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian language phylum
Western Miwok languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
Maidu people languageFamily Penutian languages
Sierra Miwok languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Penutian (proposed)
Mission Indians languageFamily Penutian languages
Kalapuyan languages subclassOf Penutian languages
Nimiipuu languageFamily Penutian languages
this entity surface form: Sahaptian languages
North American language family includes Penutian languages
Klickitat tribe languageFamily Penutian languages