Penuti-Sprachen
Penuti ist eine Sprachfamilie in Amerika. Sie kommt hauptsächlich im Westen der USA vor. Sie gehört zu den indigenen amerikanischen Sprachen.
Der ISO-Code ist 639-2 nai.
Im engeren Sinne werden als Penuti-Sprachen verschiedene Sprachen Kaliforniens (Miwok, Wintu, Yokuts, Maidu) zusammengefaßt. Im weiteren Sinne rechnet man dieser Sprachfamilie auch die Sprachen aus Oregon und Bundesstaat Washington in USA (Coos, Takelma, Klamath, Sahaptin, Yakima, Nez Perce) sowie Chinook hinzu
Literatur
- H. Aoki, Nez Perce Grammar. Berkeley 1970.
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- B. Rigsby & N. Rude, Sketch of Sahaptin, a Sahaptian Language. Handbook of North American Indians; vol. 17: I. Goddard (ed.), Languages. Washington 1996, 666-692.
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- M. Silverstein, Penutian: An Assessment. L. Campbell & M. Mithun (eds.), The Languages of Native America. Austin, Texas 1979, 650-691.