Wakashan$91002$ - traduzione in italiano
HYPOTHETICAL LANGUAGE FAMILY OF NORTH AMERICA
Almosan; Algonquian–Wakashan; Algonkin–Wakashan; Algonkin-Wakashan languages; Almosan languages; Algonkian-Mosan; Algonkian-Mosan languages; Algonquian-Wakashan; Algonquian-Wakashan languages; Algonkin-Wakashan; Almosan-Keresiouan languages; Algonkin–Wakashan languages
Wakashan
n. famiglia di lingue indiane
Definizione
Wakashan
[wa'ka?(?)n]
¦ noun a small family of almost extinct American Indian languages of the northern Pacific coast, including Kwakiutl and Nootka.
Origin
from Nootka waukash 'good' + -an.
Wikipedia
Algonquian–Wakashan languages
Algonquian–Wakashan (also Almosan, Algonkian–Mosan, Algonkin–Wakashan) is a hypothetical language family composed of several established language families that was proposed in 1929. The proposal consists of the following:
I. Algic (Algonkin–Ritwan)
- A. Algonquian (Algonkin)
- B. Beothuk
- C. Wiyot–Yurok (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.
