Penutian is a proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. The existence of a Penutian stock or phylum has been the subject of debate among specialists.

Penutian roots are old in California and expanded after Hokan languages were established in the state. To the extent that language and culture may be related, Penutian was the most typically “Californian” of any linguistic root language.

Penutian languages, proposed major grouping (phylum or superstock) of American Indian languages spoken along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California and central New Mexico.

Overview of the Penutian Indian languages, their history and distribution. The Penutian Hypothesis: Retrospect and Prospect : Where the Penutian hypothesis originally came from and how it has evolved.

Oregon Penutian is a hypothetical language family in the Penutian language phylum comprising languages spoken at one time by several groups of Native Americans in present-day western Oregon and western Washington in the United States.

The Penutian language family, Penutian phylum, or better still, Penutian hypothesis is one of the largest genealogical linguistic groupings to have been proposed for western North America. It involves 16 families or isolates.

Oct 25, 2017 · The Penutian language family (or Penutian hypothesis) is the largest genealogical linguistic grouping in western North America; it involves sixteen families or isolates. Only a few are demonstrably relatable to one another according to current knowledge.

Plateau Penutian (also Shahapwailutan, Lepitan) is a proposed family of languages spoken in northern California, reaching through central-western Oregon to northern Washington and central-northern Idaho.

The meaning of PENUTIAN is a language stock of California comprising the Copehan, Costanoan, Mariposan, Moquelumnan, and Pujunan families.

California Penutian (Miwok, Costa- noan, Wintun, Maidu, and Yokuts) is an interesting case in point. This paper pre- sents a brief history of the events leading up to the establishment of this stock cover- ing a period of almost four centuries. 2.1. Contact between the white man and.