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Penutian languages

Penutian is a proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. The existence of a Penutian stock or phylum has been the subject of debate among linguists. Even the unity of some of its component families…

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History of the hypothesis

Wintuan languagesMaiduRoland B. DixonAlfred L. KroeberMiwok
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Language familiesNative AmericanNorth AmericaBritish ColumbiaWashington
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Evidence for the Penutian hypothesis

ApophonyRetroflexesWilliam Shipley
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Geographic distribution
North America
Glottolog
None
Linguistic classification
Proposed language family
Subdivisions
Chinookan † · Plateau Penutian · Takelma † · Kalapuyan † · Coast Oregon Penutian †

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History of the hypothesis

Evidence for the Penutian hypothesis

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Penutian languages

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples54
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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Penutian languages

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related to External links · 27
Penutian languages → Archived, Bibliography, California, California Indian Tribal Groups, Central CaliforniaCalifornia Tribal Linguistics, Dialects, Disentangling Areal, February, FindArticles, Genetic CorrespondencesTribal Language Groups, Groups, Human Biology, January, Kroeber, Language Families, List, Map, Mitochondrial DNA, Native Migrations, North America
related to Evidence for the Penutian hypothesis · 15
Penutian languages → Below, Campbell, For, However, Inland Penutian, Kalapuya, Klamath, Penutian, Perhaps, Plateau Penutian, Proto-Yokuts, Takelma, William Shipley, Wintu, Yokuts
Subdivisions · 9
Penutian languages → Chinookan †, Coast Oregon Penutian †, Kalapuyan †, Maiduan, Plateau Penutian, Takelma †, Tsimshianic, Wintuan †, Yok-Utian
Geographic distribution · 1
Penutian languages → North America
Glottolog · 1
Penutian languages → None
Linguistic classification · 1
Penutian languages → Proposed language family

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penutian languages american california doi families 10 proposed north language utian kroeber linguistics plateau dixon oregon evidence america yok-utian isbn

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Penutian languagesGeographic distributionNorth America1.00infobox
Penutian languagesGlottologNone1.00infobox
Penutian languagesLinguistic classificationProposed language family1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsChinookan †1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsPlateau Penutian1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsTakelma †1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsKalapuyan †1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsCoast Oregon Penutian †1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsWintuan †1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsMaiduan1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsYok-Utian1.00infobox
Penutian languagesSubdivisionsTsimshianic1.00infobox

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