Hokan hypothesis
E1030063
The Hokan hypothesis is a proposed linguistic grouping that suggests several Native American language families of western North America may share a common ancestral origin.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hokan hypothesis canonical | 1 |
| Hokan language hypothesis | 1 |
| Hokan–Coahuiltecan hypothesis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13260268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hokan hypothesis Context triple: [Hokan (proposed), hasAlternativeName, Hokan hypothesis]
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A.
Moseten–Chon hypothesis
The Moseten–Chon hypothesis is a proposed linguistic relationship suggesting that the Mosetenan and Chonan language families of South America may share a common ancestry.
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B.
Transeurasian hypothesis
The Transeurasian hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing a genetic relationship among several language families across Eurasia, including Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic.
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C.
Nostratic hypothesis
The Nostratic hypothesis is a controversial linguistic theory proposing that several major language families of Eurasia and sometimes beyond share a common ancestral proto-language.
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D.
Austro-Tai hypothesis
The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
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E.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hokan hypothesis Target entity description: The Hokan hypothesis is a proposed linguistic grouping that suggests several Native American language families of western North America may share a common ancestral origin.
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A.
Moseten–Chon hypothesis
The Moseten–Chon hypothesis is a proposed linguistic relationship suggesting that the Mosetenan and Chonan language families of South America may share a common ancestry.
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B.
Transeurasian hypothesis
The Transeurasian hypothesis is a linguistic theory proposing a genetic relationship among several language families across Eurasia, including Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic.
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C.
Nostratic hypothesis
The Nostratic hypothesis is a controversial linguistic theory proposing that several major language families of Eurasia and sometimes beyond share a common ancestral proto-language.
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D.
Austro-Tai hypothesis
The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
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E.
Austric hypothesis
The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language family proposal
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linguistic hypothesis ⓘ |
| basisOfDebate |
insufficient regular sound correspondences
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limited shared basic vocabulary ⓘ |
| concernsLanguages | Native American languages ⓘ |
| concernsRegion | western North America ⓘ |
| documentationIssue | many proposed member languages are poorly documented ⓘ |
| evaluatedBy |
Lyle Campbell
ⓘ
Mary R. Haas ⓘ Victor Golla ⓘ |
| evidenceType | comparative linguistic evidence ⓘ |
| field |
Native American linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Arizona
ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ California ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
Nevada ⓘ Oregon ⓘ northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Mexico
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| hasSubgroupingIssues |
internal classification is unclear
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membership of languages is disputed ⓘ |
| includesProposedFamily |
Achumawi language
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Atsugewi language ⓘ Chimariko language ⓘ Chumashan languages ⓘ Coahuiltecan languages ⓘ Esselen language ⓘ Karuk language family ⓘ Pomoan languages ⓘ Salinan language ⓘ Seri language ⓘ Shasta languages ⓘ
linked to:
Shasta language
Washo language ⓘ Yana language ⓘ Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to:
Yuman language family
|
| influenced | classification of California indigenous languages ⓘ |
| isComparedTo | Penutian hypothesis ⓘ |
| proposalDate | early 20th century ⓘ |
| proposedBy |
Alfred L. Kroeber
ⓘ
Roland B. Dixon ⓘ |
| proposes |
common ancestral origin for several language families
ⓘ
genetic relationship among several Native American language families ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
language macrofamily
ⓘ
long-range comparison in linguistics ⓘ |
| status |
controversial
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not widely accepted ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hokan hypothesis Description of subject: The Hokan hypothesis is a proposed linguistic grouping that suggests several Native American language families of western North America may share a common ancestral origin.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hokan hypothesis
linked to: Hokan hypothesis