Hokan language family
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: Latin American History, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Mexico, California
Article abstract: There is an extraordinary amount of controversy regarding the Hokan language classification, including whether it should even exist
There is an extraordinary amount of controversy regarding the Hokan language classification, including whether it should even exist. Unlike closely related families such as Algonquian or Iroquoian, Hokan comprises several subfamilies whose relationships are not recognized by all linguists.
The Hokan classification was first proposed in New Linguistic Families in California (1913) by Alfred Kroeber and...
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