Hokan stock

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Hokan stock is a proposed family of Native American languages once thought to be related based on shared structural and lexical features, though its validity remains debated among linguists.

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instanceOf hypothetical language family
linguistic hypothesis
proposed language family
hasAlternativeName Hokan family
Hokan languages
Hokan phylum
hasCharacteristic based on shared lexical features
based on shared structural features
controversial classification
not universally accepted by linguists
hasDebateTopic genetic relationship among proposed member languages
validity of Hokan as a language family
hasField Native American linguistics
historical linguistics
hasLanguageFamilyType Native American language family
hasProponent Alfred L. Kroeber
Edward Sapir
Roland B. Dixon
hasProposedMember Achumawi language
Atsugewi language
Chimariko language
Cochimi language
Esselen language
Karuk language
Pomoan languages
Salinan language
Seri language
Shasta language
Washo language
Yana language
Yana languages
Yuman languages
Yuman–Cochimí languages
hasRegion Arizona
Baja California
California
linked to: California (state)

North America
Oregon
northern Mexico
linked to: Northern Mexico

western United States
hasStatus disputed
hypothetical
unproven
hasTimePeriodOfProposal early 20th century
isBasedOn comparative method
lexical comparison
morphological comparison
isDiscussedIn Americanist linguistics literature

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