Utian

E75754

Utian is a proposed family of Native American languages once spoken in central California, including the Miwok and Costanoan (Ohlone) languages.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language family
proposed language family
associatedWith Indigenous peoples of California
surface form: indigenous peoples of California
documentationStatus poorly attested
extinctionStatus mostly extinct
fieldOfStudy Native American linguistics
historical linguistics
geneticStatus controversial
hasAlternativeName Miwokan–Costanoan
surface form: Miwok-Costanoan language family

Miwokan–Costanoan
Miwok languages
surface form: Miwok–Costanoan
hasPart Costanoan languages
Miwok languages
Ohlone languages
hasSubgroup Central Sierra Miwok
Eastern Miwok
San Francisco Bay Costanoan
surface form: Monterey Bay Costanoan

Northern Sierra Miwok
San Francisco Bay Costanoan
San Francisco Peninsula
surface form: San Francisco Peninsula Costanoan

Southern Sierra Miwok
Western Miwok
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for linguistic transcription)
languageFamilyOf Costanoan
Miwok languages
surface form: Miwok

Ohlone peoples
surface form: Ohlone
proposedBy Catherine Callaghan
proposedMacroFamily Penutian languages
surface form: Penutian
region North America
relatedTo Yokutsan languages
surface form: Yokuts languages
spokenIn California, United States
surface form: California

United States of America
surface form: United States

Central California
surface form: central California
status proposed
subclassOf Penutian languages
timeDepth prehistoric

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