Alsean languages
- Alsean languages
Infobox Language family
name=Alsean
altname=Yakonan
region=Oregon
familycolor=American
fam1=Oregon Coast Penutian ?
child1="Alsea"
child2="Yaquina"
map_caption=Pre-contact distribution of Alsean languagesThe Alsean (also Yakonan)
language family consists of two closely related languages that were spoken along the centralOregon coast.Family division
Two languages:
# Alsea "(†)"
# Yaquina (also known as Yakwina, Yakona) "(†)"Both of these languages are now extinct.
The name "Alsea" is derived from the
Coosan name for them, "alsí" or "alsí·", and Marys River Kalapuyan name for them, "alsí·ya". Alsea was last recorded in1942 from the last speaker, John Albert, by J. P. Harrington.The name "Yaquina" is derived from the Alsean name for the Yaquina Bay and the Yaquina River region, "yuqú·na". Yaquina was last recorded in
1884 by James Owen Dorsey.Many consider Alsea and Yaquina to be dialects of one language. Others consider them to be two different languages (that are very closely related).
There may be a distant relationship between the Alsean languages, Siuslaw, and the
Coosan languages . They may also be related theWintu an languages. Linguistic research is being carried out to determine if any of these relationships are valid—this research also is a part of a largerPenutian super-family hypothesis.ounds
Consonants
Alsean languages have 34
consonant s:* The status of IPA|/hʷ/ is uncertain.
* is actually between alveolar and post-alveolar.Vowels
Alsean languages have both oral and nasal
vowel s.Bibliography
* Campbell, Lyle. (1997). "American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America". New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
* Mithun, Marianne. (1999). "The languages of Native North America". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
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