Proto-Southern Athabaskan
E890979
Proto-Southern Athabaskan is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) languages, inferred through comparative linguistic methods.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| differentiatedFrom | Proto-Northern Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Proto-Apachean
NERFINISHED
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Proto-Apachean-Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Southern Athabascan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Proto-Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Chiricahua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jicarilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiowa Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ Lipan Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ Mescalero NERFINISHED ⓘ Navajo NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
consonant contrasts typical of Athabaskan ⓘ prefixing verb structure ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ tone (reconstructed for some analyses) ⓘ |
| hasLexicalItemType | basic vocabulary shared across Southern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalProcess |
consonant cluster simplification (reconstructed)
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vowel alternations (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| hasReconstructionDomain |
lexicon
ⓘ
morphology ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| hasResearchTopic |
chronology of sound changes in Apachean languages
ⓘ
internal subgrouping of Southern Athabaskan ⓘ relationship to Proto-Athabaskan phonology ⓘ |
| isHypothesized | through regular sound correspondences among Southern Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Athabaskan language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Na-Dene language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructionBasedOn |
lexical comparison
ⓘ
morphological comparison ⓘ phonological comparison ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Southwestern North America (reconstructed homeland, approximate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
reconstructed
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unattested ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Athabaskan linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Apachean languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-contact period in Southwestern North America (approximate) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none ⓘ |
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