Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas
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Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas is a controversial linguistic hypothesis that groups most Indigenous languages of the Americas into a single, large language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic hypothesis
ⓘ
proposed language macro-family ⓘ |
| acceptedBy | few historical linguists ⓘ |
| aimsToUnify | numerous established Native American language families ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Greenberg's classification of Native American languages ⓘ |
| basedOn | mass lexical comparison ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | controversial ⓘ |
| classificationLevel | macro-family ⓘ |
| continentScope | Americas ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | multi-family models of American Indigenous languages ⓘ |
| controversyFocus |
reliability of proposed cognate sets
ⓘ
treatment of loanwords and onomatopoeia ⓘ validity of long-range comparison ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
inadequate control of chance resemblances
ⓘ
insufficient regular sound correspondences ⓘ limited use of established comparative method ⓘ methodological weaknesses ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
lexical similarities
ⓘ
typological features ⓘ |
| excludes |
Eskimo–Aleut languages
ⓘ
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene languages
|
| field | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| hasImplicationsFor |
archaeological models of American prehistory
ⓘ
genetic studies of Indigenous American populations ⓘ |
| includes | most Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Greenberg's earlier work on language classification ⓘ |
| languageGroupingType | macro-family hypothesis rather than demonstrated family ⓘ |
| notWidelyAcceptedSince | late 20th century ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Ives Goddard
ⓘ
Lyle Campbell ⓘ most Americanist linguists ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Joseph Greenberg ⓘ |
| proposes | single common ancestor for most American Indigenous languages ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Greenberg's book "Language in the Americas" ⓘ |
| rejectedBy | most specialists in Native American languages ⓘ |
| relatedToDebate | peopling of the Americas ⓘ |
| requiresForAcceptance |
reconstruction of proto-language forms
ⓘ
systematic sound correspondences across proposed branches ⓘ |
| researchStatus | largely abandoned in mainstream linguistics ⓘ |
| status | minority view in linguistics ⓘ |
| stillDiscussedIn | literature on fringe and long-range linguistic comparison ⓘ |
| subfield |
American Indian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Amerindian linguistics
|
| timeDepthClaimed | Paleo-Indian period ⓘ |
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