California Penutian

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California Penutian is a proposed subgroup of Native American languages spoken in California that are hypothesized to share a common genetic origin within the broader Penutian language phylum.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
California Penutian canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothetical language family
proposed language subgroup
classificationStatus controversial
not universally accepted
continent North America
documentationStatus partially documented
evidenceType comparative linguistics
lexical similarities
morphological similarities
fieldOfStudy Native American linguistics
historical linguistics
geneticRelationship hypothesized common origin
hasAlternativeName California Penutian subgroup NERFINISHED
California branch of Penutian NERFINISHED
hasMember Maiduan languages NERFINISHED
Miwok languages NERFINISHED
Miwok–Costanoan languages NERFINISHED
Nomlaki language NERFINISHED
Ohlone (Costanoan) languages NERFINISHED
Patwin language
Utian languages NERFINISHED
Wintu language NERFINISHED
Wintuan languages
Yokuts languages NERFINISHED
Yokutsan languages NERFINISHED
hasSubgroup Maiduan
Miwok–Costanoan NERFINISHED
Wintuan NERFINISHED
Yokutsan NERFINISHED
hasType Native American language grouping
languageFamilyStatus proposed
languageStatus many member languages extinct or endangered
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California
partOf Penutian NERFINISHED
proposedBy linguists studying Penutian hypothesis
region California Coast Ranges NERFINISHED
Central California NERFINISHED
Northern California
Sacramento Valley NERFINISHED
San Joaquin Valley NERFINISHED
relatedConcept American Indian languages of California NERFINISHED
Penutian hypothesis NERFINISHED
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of California NERFINISHED
spokenIn California NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Penutian languages NERFINISHED
timeDepth prehistoric
typologicalFeature shared lexical roots (hypothesized)
shared morphological patterns (hypothesized)

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

Penutian phylum hasSubgroup California Penutian