Great Basin linguistic area

E362274
Sprachbund linguistic area

The Great Basin linguistic area is a region of the western United States where prolonged contact among Indigenous languages has led to shared structural features and convergent linguistic traits.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Basin linguistic area canonical 4
Great Basin languages 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
characterizedBy convergent linguistic traits ⓘ
prolonged contact among Indigenous languages ⓘ
shared structural features ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Northern Paiute ⓘ
surface form: Northern Paiute people

Shoshone people ⓘ
Southern Paiute people ⓘ
Ute people ⓘ
Washoe people ⓘ
hasFeature areal diffusion of grammatical features ⓘ
convergence in morphosyntax ⓘ
lexical borrowing among neighboring languages ⓘ
shared syntactic patterns ⓘ
similar phonological systems ⓘ
hasLanguage Bannock language ⓘ
Comanche language ⓘ
Gosiute dialect ⓘ
surface form: Gosiute language

Northern Paiute language ⓘ
Shoshoni language ⓘ
Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Ute language ⓘ
Washo language ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Numic languages ⓘ
Penutian languages ⓘ
Paiute languages ⓘ
surface form: Shoshonean languages

Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages

Washo language family ⓘ
hasPart Nevada ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ
northwestern Arizona ⓘ
southern Idaho ⓘ
southern Oregon ⓘ
western Utah ⓘ
hasProcess areal convergence ⓘ
language contact ⓘ
structural diffusion ⓘ
locatedIn Great Basin ⓘ
surface form: Great Basin region

western United States ⓘ
overlapsWith Great Basin culture area ⓘ
surface form: Great Basin cultural area
partOf Plateau linguistic area ⓘ
surface form: North American linguistic areas
relatedTo California linguistic area ⓘ
Plateau linguistic area ⓘ
studiedInField Native American linguistics ⓘ
areal linguistics ⓘ
timeDepth historic period of Euro-American expansion ⓘ
pre-contact period ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

California linguistic area → distinctFrom → Great Basin linguistic area ⓘ
Numic languages → arealClassification → Great Basin linguistic area ⓘ
Wick R. Miller → ethnolinguisticFocus → Great Basin linguistic area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin languages
Washo → hasLinguisticArea → Great Basin linguistic area ⓘ
Gosiute → linguisticArea → Great Basin linguistic area ⓘ