Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed)
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Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed) is a hypothesized subgroup of Native American languages once spoken along the Oregon coast, suggested to belong to the broader Penutian language family.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oregon Coast Penutian | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language subgroup
ⓘ
hypothetical language grouping ⓘ proposed language family subgroup ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Oregon
ⓘ
Oregon Coast ⓘ |
| basedOn |
comparative linguistic evidence
ⓘ
similarities among Oregon Coast languages ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalArea |
Northwest Coast cultural area (broadly defined)
ⓘ
Oregon Coast ⓘ
surface form:
Oregon Coast cultural region
|
| classificationStatus |
proposed subgrouping within Penutian
ⓘ
tentative ⓘ |
| concerns | languages once spoken along the Oregon coast ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | other proposed Penutian branches ⓘ |
| debatedAspect |
degree of relatedness among member languages
ⓘ
validity of the subgroup ⓘ |
| documentationLevelOfMembers |
fragmentary records
ⓘ
poorly documented ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
lexical similarities (proposed)
ⓘ
morphological similarities (proposed) ⓘ typological similarities (proposed) ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Native American linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDescription | Oregon Coast branch of Penutian (proposed) ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Siuslaw language
ⓘ
surface form:
Alsea language (proposed)
Coosan languages (proposed) ⓘ Siuslaw language ⓘ
surface form:
Siuslaw language (proposed)
|
| includesLanguagesSpokenAlong | Pacific coast of Oregon ⓘ |
| languageFamilyType | Amerindian (North America) ⓘ |
| languageStatusOfMembers | extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ |
| memberLanguagesStatus | no longer natively spoken ⓘ |
| notUniversallyAcceptedBy | linguistic community ⓘ |
| partOf |
Penutian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Penutian language family (proposed)
|
| proposedBy | linguists studying Penutian languages ⓘ |
| proposedRelationship | genetic relationship among Alsea, Siuslaw, and Coosan (proposed) ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | some specialists in Penutian studies ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | insufficient for full reconstruction ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Penutian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Penutian languages (proposed)
|
| requires | further comparative research ⓘ |
| researchDifficulty | high due to limited data ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Oregon Coast
|
| status |
controversial
ⓘ
hypothetical ⓘ unproven ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Penutian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Penutian languages (proposed)
|
| timeDepth | pre-contact period in Oregon ⓘ |
| timeOfProposal | 20th century (general) ⓘ |
| usedIn | classifications of Native languages of Oregon (some authors) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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