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 | |
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(proposed) | |
Geographic distribution | western North America |
Linguistic classification | Penutian?
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
The Coast Oregon Penutian languages are:
All Coast Oregon Penutian languages became extinct in the 20th century.
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] |
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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 | gā '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 | nà |
you | nīx | eᵋ | nı̄xᵃts |