Penutian languages

E17945

hypothetical language family proposed language family

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.

Aliases (9)

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 stock →
hasInfluenced	historical linguistics of the Americas →
hasSubgroup	Alsea language → California Penutian languages → Chinookan languages → Coosan languages → Klamath–Modoc language → Maiduan languages → Mexican Penutian languages → Miwok–Costanoan languages → Mosan languages (proposed) → Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed) → Oregon Penutian languages → Plateau Penutian languages → Sahaptian languages → Siuslaw language → 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 → Pacific Northwest → Plateau region of North America → western North America →
spokenIn	British Columbia → California → Canada → Oregon → United States → 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 (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chinookan peoples ("Penutian languages (proposed)") → Coast Miwok ("Penutian language phylum") → Indigenous peoples of California → Kalapuya people → Me-wuk ("Penutian (proposed)") → Miwok people → Nez Perce ("Plateau Penutian languages") → Northern Sierra Miwok → Ohlone peoples → Saclan ("Penutian (proposed)") → Southern Sierra Miwok →	languageFamily
Ohlone languages ("Penutian languages (proposed)") → Utian → Utian languages →	subclassOf
Penutian languages ("Plateau Penutian languages") → Penutian languages ("Sahaptian languages") →	hasSubgroup
Maiduan languages → Utian languages ("Penutian (proposed)") →	linguisticClassification
California Penutian languages ("Penutian language family") → Oregon Coast Penutian ("Penutian languages (proposed)") →	subgroupOf
Penutian languages ("Penutian stock") →	hasAlternativeName
Indigenous peoples of North America →	hasLanguageFamily
Penutian phylum ("Plateau Penutian languages") →	includes
California linguistic area →	includesLanguageFamily
Oregon Coast Penutian ("Penutian language family (proposed)") →	partOf
Utian ("Penutian") →	proposedMacroFamily
Hokan languages →	relatedConcept
Oregon Coast Penutian ("Penutian languages (proposed)") →	relatedTo