California Penutian

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California Penutian is a proposed subgroup of Native American languages spoken in California that are hypothesized to share a common genetic origin within the broader Penutian language phylum.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
California Penutian canonical 4
California Penutian subgroup 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothetical language family
proposed language subgroup
classificationStatus controversial
not universally accepted
continent North America
documentationStatus partially documented
evidenceType comparative linguistics
lexical similarities
morphological similarities
fieldOfStudy Native American linguistics
historical linguistics
geneticRelationship hypothesized common origin
hasAlternativeName California Penutian subgroup
linked to: California Penutian

California branch of Penutian
hasMember Maiduan languages
Miwok languages
Miwok–Costanoan languages
linked to: Miwokan–Costanoan

Nomlaki language
Ohlone (Costanoan) languages
linked to: Ohlone languages

Patwin language
Utian languages
Wintu language
Wintuan languages
Yokuts languages
linked to: Yokutsan languages

Yokutsan languages
hasSubgroup Maiduan
Miwok–Costanoan
linked to: Miwokan–Costanoan

Wintuan
Yokutsan
hasType Native American language grouping
languageFamilyStatus proposed
languageStatus many member languages extinct or endangered
locatedIn California
partOf Penutian
linked to: Penutian languages
proposedBy linguists studying Penutian hypothesis
region California Coast Ranges
linked to: Coastal Ranges

Central California
Northern California
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin Valley
relatedConcept American Indian languages of California
Penutian hypothesis
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of California
spokenIn California
subgroupOf Penutian languages
timeDepth prehistoric
typologicalFeature shared lexical roots (hypothesized)
shared morphological patterns (hypothesized)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penutian phylum hasSubgroup California Penutian
Hill Patwin languageFamily California Penutian
California Penutian hasAlternativeName California Penutian subgroup
linked to: California Penutian
Oregon Penutian relatedTo California Penutian