Miwokan–Costanoan

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Miwokan–Costanoan is a proposed subgrouping of Native American languages of California that links the Miwok and Ohlone (Costanoan) language families into a larger Utian family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothesized language family
proposed language subgrouping
basedOn comparative linguistic evidence
lexical similarities
morphological parallels
phonological correspondences
classificationType genetic grouping
discussedIn linguistic literature on Utian
documentationStatus limited primary data
fieldOfStudy Native American linguistics
historical linguistics
geographicRegion California, United States
surface form: California
hasAbbreviation Miwokan–Costanoan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Miwok–Costanoan
hasAlternativeName Utian
surface form: Utian (in some classifications)
hasComponent Miwok languages
surface form: Miwok language family

Ohlone languages
surface form: Ohlone (Costanoan) language family
hasInfluenced classifications of California languages
hasSubgroup Miwok languages
surface form: Miwok

Ohlone (Costanoan)
involves reconstruction of proto-Utian
isPartOf Native American languages of California
isSubsetOf California indigenous languages
languageBranch Miwok branch
Ohlone (Costanoan)
surface form: Ohlone (Costanoan) branch
languageFamilyStatus controversial
not universally accepted
links Costanoan languages
Miwok languages
Ohlone languages
proposedBy linguists
relatedTo Penutian languages
surface form: Penutian (proposed macro-family)
researchFocus genetic relationship between Miwok and Ohlone
spokenBy Miwok people
surface form: Miwok peoples

Ohlone peoples
subgroupOf Utian
timeDepth pre-contact period in California

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

Utian hasAlternativeName Miwokan–Costanoan
Utian hasAlternativeName Miwokan–Costanoan
this entity surface form: Miwok-Costanoan language family
California Penutian languages hasPart Miwokan–Costanoan
this entity surface form: Miwok–Costanoan languages
Penutian phylum includes Miwokan–Costanoan
this entity surface form: Miwok–Costanoan languages
North American language family includes Miwokan–Costanoan
this entity surface form: Miwok-Costanoan languages
Yok-Utian languages hasPart Miwokan–Costanoan
this entity surface form: Miwok–Costanoan languages
Yok-Utian languages relatedTo Miwokan–Costanoan
this entity surface form: Miwok–Costanoan languages
Miwokan–Costanoan hasAbbreviation Miwokan–Costanoan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Miwok–Costanoan