Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis
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The Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis is a proposed large-scale language family grouping that suggests a distant genetic relationship among several indigenous language families of the western Amazon, including Tucanoan and possibly Cahuapanan.
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic hypothesis
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proposed language macrofamily ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain | distant genetic relationship among western Amazonian language families ⓘ |
| basis |
lexical comparison
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structural comparison ⓘ |
| classificationType | large-scale language family grouping ⓘ |
| concerns | indigenous languages of the Amazon basin ⓘ |
| concernsRegion |
South America
NERFINISHED
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western Amazon ⓘ |
| evaluatedBy | comparative method in linguistics ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
proposed cognate sets
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typological similarities ⓘ |
| field |
Amazonian linguistics
NERFINISHED
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
degree of relatedness among included families
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membership of Cahuapanan ⓘ |
| includesLanguageFamily |
Tucanoan
NERFINISHED
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possibly Cahuapanan ⓘ |
| possiblyIncludes | Cahuapanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposesGeneticRelationshipAmong | Tucanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
language macrofamily
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long-range comparison in linguistics ⓘ |
| status |
controversial
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not widely accepted ⓘ |
| subjectOf | comparative linguistic research ⓘ |
| timeDepth | distant ⓘ |
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