Proto-Athabaskan language
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Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Athabaskan language canonical | 2 |
| Proto-Athabascan language | 1 |
| Proto-Athabaskan | 1 |
| Proto-Athapaskan language | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Ahtna language
ⓘ
Apachean languages ⓘ Babine language ⓘ Carrier language ⓘ Chilcotin language ⓘ Chipewyan ⓘ
surface form:
Chipewyan language
Dena’ina language ⓘ Dene Suline language ⓘ Dogrib language ⓘ Gwich’in language ⓘ
surface form:
Gwichʼin language
Hupa language ⓘ Kaska language ⓘ Koyukon language ⓘ Many Athabaskan languages of North America ⓘ Navajo language ⓘ Sekani language ⓘ Slavey language ⓘ Tanacross language ⓘ Tsilhqot’in ⓘ
surface form:
Tsilhqot’in language
Tutchone language ⓘ
surface form:
Tutchone languages
Upper Tanana language ⓘ Witsuwitʼen language ⓘ
surface form:
Witsuwit’en language
|
| fieldOfStudy | historical-comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Proto-Athabaskan language
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Athabascan language
Proto-Athabaskan language ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Athapaskan language
Proto-Dene language ⓘ |
| hasDescendantGroup |
Northern Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages
Southern Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Athabaskan languages
|
| hasFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
prefixing verb structure ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ tonal contrasts in some reconstructions ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalSystem | reconstructed consonant series including stops, affricates, fricatives, and sonorants ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionStatus | hypothetical but widely accepted in Athabaskan studies ⓘ |
| influenced | reconstruction of Proto-Na-Dene ⓘ |
| knownFrom | reconstruction from daughter languages ⓘ |
| notDirectlyAttestedIn | written records ⓘ |
| partOf |
Na-Dene
ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
|
| reconstructedBy | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| reconstructedUsing | comparative method ⓘ |
| spokenInPrehistoryOf | North America ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Athabaskan linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Athabaskan language family ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Proto-Athabaskan language Description of subject: Proto-Athabaskan language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Athabaskan language family, from which languages like Chipewyan and many others in North America are derived.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-Athabaskan
this entity surface form:
Proto-Athabascan language
this entity surface form:
Proto-Athapaskan language