Penutian languages
E17945
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.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Penutian languages canonical | 28 |
| Penutian (proposed) | 11 |
| Penutian languages (proposed) | 4 |
| Sahaptian languages | 4 |
| Plateau Penutian languages | 3 |
| Penutian | 2 |
| Penutian language family (proposed) | 2 |
| Penutian language phylum | 2 |
| Penutian (proposed macro-family) | 1 |
| Penutian language family | 1 |
| Penutian stock | 1 |
Statements (51)
| 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) ⓘ |
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Plateau Penutian languages
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Sahaptian languages
this entity surface form:
Penutian stock
this entity surface form:
Penutian languages (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Penutian language phylum
this entity surface form:
Plateau Penutian languages
this entity surface form:
Penutian
this entity surface form:
Penutian languages (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Penutian language family
subject surface form:
Oregon Coast Penutian
this entity surface form:
Penutian language family (proposed)
subject surface form:
Oregon Coast Penutian
this entity surface form:
Penutian languages (proposed)
subject surface form:
Oregon Coast Penutian
this entity surface form:
Penutian languages (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Plateau Penutian languages
this entity surface form:
Sahaptian languages
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Penutian
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Sahaptian languages
this entity surface form:
Penutian language phylum
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
this entity surface form:
Sahaptian languages