Algonquian–Wakashan languages

Algonquian–Wakashan
Almosan
(obsolete)
Geographic
distribution:
unknown
Linguistic classification: proposed language family
Subdivisions:
Glottolog: None

Algonquian–Wakashan (also Almosan, Algonkian–Mosan, Algonkin–Wakashan) is a hypothetical language phylum composed of several established language families that was proposed by Edward Sapir in 1929. His proposal consists of the following:

I. Algic (Algonkin–Ritwan)

A. Algonquian (Algonkin)
B. Beothuk
C. WiyotYurok (Ritwan)

II. Kutenai (also known as Kootenay; a language isolate)

III. Mosan

A. Wakashan
B. Chimakuan
C. Salishan

Kutenai may possibly be distantly related to the Salishan family, but this link has not been demonstrated. The Mosan family proposal is also hypothetical and is currently considered undemonstrated, rather appearing to be a Sprachbund.

Joseph Greenberg renamed Sapir's proposal Almosan and grouped it in an even more inclusive Almosan–Keresiouan phylum with the Caddoan, Iroquoian, Keresan, and Siouan–Catawban families. This proposal has been rejected by linguists specializing in Native American languages.[1]

References

  1. Lyle Campbell (2000). American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford University Press. pp. 327–328. ISBN 978-0-19-514050-7. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

Bibliography

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