California Penutian

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• Penutian languages — Infobox Language family name=Penutian altname=controversial region=North America child1=Chinookan child2=Plateau Penutian child3=Takelma child4=Kalapuyan child5=Alsean child6=Siuslaw child7=Coosan child8=Wintuan child9=Maiduan child10=Utian… …   Wikipedia

• Penutian — ☆ Penutian [pə no͞ot′ē ən, pə no͞o′shən ] n. [coined (1912) by R. B. Dixon & A. L. Kroeber < pene + uti, both words for “two” in different languages of this group] a group of remotely related language families, consisting of North American… …   English World dictionary

• Penutian languages — Hypothetical superfamily of North American Indian languages that unites a number of languages and language families mainly of the far western U.S. and Canada. The Penutian hypothesis was proposed by Roland B. Dixon and Alfred L. Kroeber in 1913… …   Universalium

• Penutian — /peuh nooh tee euhn, sheuhn/, n. 1. a group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote… …   Universalium

• Penutian — n. family of Amerindian languages spoken in Pacific coastal areas from California (USA) to British Columbia (Canada); member of a North American Indian people that speak one of the Penutian languages …   English contemporary dictionary

• Penutian — noun 1. a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑Amerind, ↑Amerindian language, ↑American Indian language, ↑American Indian, ↑Indian • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Penutian — noun A proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in Washington, Oregon, and California …   Wiktionary

• Demographics of California — California Population Density Map. California is the most populous U.S. state. It has many people from a wide variety of ethnic, racial, national, and religious backgrounds. The state continues to attract significant numbers of immigrants, and… …   Wikipedia

• Plateau Penutian languages — Infobox Language family name=Plateau Penutian altname=Shahapwailutan, Lepitan region=Pacific Northwest familycolor=American family=Plateau Penutian child1= Klamath child2= Molala child3=Sahaptian languages map caption=Pre contact distribution of… …   Wikipedia

• Indigenous peoples of California — Indigenous tribal and languages regions of California. The Indigenous peoples of California are the indigenous inhabitants who have lived or currently live in the geographic area within the current boundaries of California before and after the… …   Wikipedia

• Castle Lake (California) — Infobox lake lake name = Castle Lake image lake = Castlelake 3.jpg caption lake = The lake with Mt. Shasta in background image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Siskiyou County, California coords =… …   Wikipedia