Palaihnihan languages

Palaihnihan languages

Infobox Language family
name=Palaihnih
altname=Laikni
region=California
familycolor=American
fam1=Hokan ?
child1="Atsugewi"
child2="Achumawi"

Palaihnihan (also Palaihnih) is a language family of northeastern California.

Family division

Palaihnihan is said to comprise

# Atsugewi "(†)"
# Achumawi (a.k.a. Achomawi, Pit River Indian)

Genetic relations

The basis of this assertion is weakened by poor quality of data. Olmsted's dictionary depends almost entirely upon de Angulo, and carelessly includes Pomo vocabulary from a manuscript in which he (de Angulo) set out to demonstrate that Achumawi and Pomo are not related. Bright has also pointed out problems with Olmsted's methods of reconstruction. The phenomenon of non-reciprocal intelligibility is a matter of bilingualism more prevalent in one community (Atsuge) than in the other.

The Palaihnihan family is often connected with the hypothetical Hokan stock. Proposed special relationships within Hokan include Palaihnihan with Shastan (known as "Shasta-Achomawi") and within a "Kahi" sub-group (a.k.a. "Northern Hokan") with Shastan, Chimariko, and Karuk.

External links

* [http://email.eva.mpg.de/~good/jcgood_mcfarland_paster-Palainihan.pdf "Reconstructing Achumawi and Atsugewi: Proto-Palaihnihan revisited"]
* [http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI9913504/ "Aspects of Pit River phonology"]

Bibliography

* Bright, William. (1965). [Review of "A history of Palaihnihan phonology" by D. L. Olmstead] . "Language", "41" (1), 175-178.
* Good, Jeff; McFarland, Teresa; & Paster, Mary. (2003). Reconstructing Achumawi and Atsugewi: Proto-Palaihnihan revisited. Atlanta, GA. (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, January 2–5).
* Mithun, Marianne. (1999). "The languages of Native North America". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
* Nevin, Bruce E. (1998). "Aspects of Pit River phonology". Ph.D. dissertation, University ofPennsylvania.
* Olmstead, David L. (1954). Achumawi-Atsugewi non-reciprocal intelligibility. "International Journal of American Linguistics", "20", 181-184.
* Olmstead, David L. (1956). Palaihnihan and Shasta I: Labial stops. "Language", "32" (1), 73-77.
* Olmstead, David L. (1957). Palaihnihan and Shasta II: Apical stops. "Language", "33" (2), 136-138.
* Olmstead, David L. (1959). Palaihnihan and Shasta III: Dorsal stops. "Language", "35" (4), 637-644.
* Olmstead, David L. (1964). "A history of Palaihnihan phonology". University of California publications in linguistics (Vol. 35). Berkeley: University of California Press.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Languages of the United States — Official language(s) none Main language(s) English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo European 3.8%, Asian …   Wikipedia

  • Hokan languages — Infobox Language family name=Hokan altname=controversial region=North America child1= Karúk child2=Shastan child3= Ch’imáriko child4= Yana child5=Palaihnihan child6= Washo child7= Esselen child8= Salinan child9=Pomoan child10=Yuman CochimíThe… …   Wikipedia

  • Classification schemes for indigenous languages of the Americas — This article is a list of different language classification proposals developed for indigenous languages of the Americas. The article is divided into North, Central, and South America sections; however, the classifications do not always neatly… …   Wikipedia

  • Indigenous languages of the Americas — Yucatec Maya writing in the Dresden Codex, ca. 11–12th century, Chichen Itza Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses which… …   Wikipedia

  • Dravidian languages — For other uses, see Dravidian (disambiguation). Dravidian Geographic distribution: South Asia Linguistic classification: Dravidian Proto language: Proto Dravidian Subdivisions: Northern Cen …   Wikipedia

  • Indo-European languages — Indo European redirects here. For other uses, see Indo European (disambiguation). See also: List of Indo European languages Indo European Geographic distribution: Before the 16th century, Europe, and South, Central and Southwest Asia; today… …   Wikipedia

  • Sino-Tibetan languages — Sino Tibetan Geographic distribution: East Asia Linguistic classification: One of the world s major language families. Subdivisions: Sinitic Tibeto Burman ISO 639 …   Wikipedia

  • Mayan languages — Maya language redirects here. For other uses, see Maya language (disambiguation). Mayan Geographic distribution: Mesoamerica: Southern Mexico; …   Wikipedia

  • Oto-Manguean languages — Oto Manguean Geographic distribution: Currently Mexico; previously Mesoamerica and Central America Linguistic classification: Not positively related to any other language families. Subdivisions: Oto Pamean Chinantecan Tl …   Wikipedia

  • Niger–Congo languages — Niger–Congo Niger–Kordofanian (obsolete) Geographic distribution: Sub Saharan Africa Linguistic classification: one of the world s primary language families Subdivisions: Dogon …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”