Coast Oregon Penutian languages

The Coast Oregon Penutian languages are a proposed family of three small languages or language clusters on the Oregon Coast that has moderate support.[1] Although much of their similarity is demonstrably due to language contact, linguists such as Scott DeLancey believe they may be genealogically related at a greater time depth. They are part of the much more hypothetical Penutian proposal.[2]

Coast Oregon Penutian
(proposed)
Geographic
distribution
western North America
Linguistic classificationPenutian?
  • Coast Oregon Penutian
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone

Languages

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The Coast Oregon Penutian languages are:

All Coast Oregon Penutian languages became extinct in the 20th century.

Vocabulary

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Below is a comparison of selected basic vocabulary items in Alsea, Coos, and Lower Umpqua (a Coosan language variety). The lexical data is from Leo J. Frachtenberg's works.

gloss Alsea[3] Coos[4] Lower Umpqua[5]
head kusiʼntsi, ʟōkˑ xwî´l̄uxᵘ xwā´ka
hair pelūʽʼpᴇlū, ʟōʼsin xˑne´kˑ; yı̂´akᵘ hī´qūⁱ
eye hayaʼnīyustǃ, kˑǃīkˑ xwa´lxwal kōpx
ear tskwaīʼsalyustǃ kᵘha´n̄as qa´kwīx
nose tᴇsiʼn tcūɬ ʟᵒwa´sî
tooth tǃᴇliʼl qtsä tʼîx
tongue stilaʼkˑayustǃ he´ˡlta tʽǃa´lˑtʽǃalˑ
mouth kxai ye´es ʟaa´
hand tāʼmtᴇm kˑe´ɬa tcīʟ; ʟpīkᵘ
foot yūⁿʼsalyustǃ kxla tsı̄kᵘ
breast ɫkwa᷇ⁿ 'nipple' ɬqū´wa (of man)
meat hatsīʼlāl tǃeˣt nı̄ʟ
blood puʼstᴇx wı̂´tı̂n qā´wī
bone qēʼkus lā´makˑ (pl.) tsnā´wî
person hīʼtsʟᴇm ma hītc
name ʟān, ɫaʼni ɬn̻´nas ɬīn
dog tsqax, tsqēⁿx kwī´yos < Jargon cqaxtc < Siuslaw
fish tsūdaīʼs ɬtʼī´aⁱ̄
louse täts; mî´tcîɬ ta´wî
tree kōts, kōʼxᵘ ɬqaⁱ´ʽtū
leaf kˑ'ēʼpau ɬⁱnēlˑ ʟǃīp
flower hālēʼtxaū tcāᵃxānᵋ
water kˑiʼlū xāᵃp tcī
fire tkᴇlɫtsǃīʼs, ʟkˑilīʼtǃa tc!waɬ ʟīya´aᵘ
stone kˑlīl kᵘɬī´yex qayū´ʷⁱnts
earth leʽwīʼ ʟǃtā ʟǃa´ᵃⁱ
salt qaʼlōs mî´tsǃlîs hîlˑa´xwa
road yāʼxalīᵋtǃ, xˑūʼlamīt' he´wı̂lts txaⁱnᵋ
eat nūns- qǃm-; ʟōᵘ- ɬītǃ-
die hask-, qan- e´qe xaū-
I qan n̻; nᴇx
you nīx eᵋ nı̄xᵃts

References

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  1. ^ Grant, A. (1997). Coast Oregon Penutian: Problems and Possibilities. International Journal of American Linguistics, 63(1), 144-156.
  2. ^ DeLancey, S., & Golla, V. (1997). The Penutian Hypothesis: Retrospect and Prospect. International Journal of American Linguistics, 63(1), 171-202.
  3. ^ Frachtenberg, Leo J. (1920). Alsea texts and myths. Washington: Government Printing Office.
  4. ^ Frachtenberg, Leo J. (1913). Coos texts. New York: Columbia University Press.
  5. ^ Frachtenberg, Leo J. (1914). Lower Umpqua texts and notes on the Kusan dialects. Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology (vol. 4, pp. 141–150). (Reprinted 1969, New York: AMS Press).