Plains linguistic area

E559373
Sprachbund linguistic area

The Plains linguistic area is a region of North America where diverse Indigenous languages, including the Caddoan family, have converged and shared structural features through long-term contact.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Plains linguistic area canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
associatedWith Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
hasFeature convergence of unrelated language families ⓘ
diffusion of grammatical patterns ⓘ
diffusion of lexical items ⓘ
diffusion of phonological features ⓘ
shared structural features due to long-term contact ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn typological classification of North American languages ⓘ
hasStatus well-known North American Sprachbund ⓘ
hasTypeOfContact borrowing ⓘ
language shift ⓘ
multilingualism ⓘ
includesLanguage Arapaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arikara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blackfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crow ⓘ
Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hidatsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kansa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Omaha-Ponca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osage NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plains Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plains Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quapaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wichita NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesLanguageFamily Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caddoan languages ⓘ
Kiowa-Tanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siouan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesLanguages genetically diverse languages ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
overlapsWith North American Plains cultural area ⓘ
recognizedBy linguists studying areal features in North America ⓘ
studiedInField Native American linguistics ⓘ
areal linguistics ⓘ
timeDepth long-term historical contact ⓘ

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

Caddoan languages → linguisticArea → Plains linguistic area ⓘ