单词 | macro-algonquian |
释义 | Macro-Algonquiann. A proposed grouping of North American Indian languages comprising the Muskogean and Algonquian language families and several language isolates of the south-eastern United States, as well as the Yurok and Wiyot languages of California. Frequently attributive.The Macro-Algonquian phylum, first hypothesized by Charles and Florence Voegelin (see quot. 1965), has not yet gained wide acceptance amongst linguists. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [noun] > members of principal groups Algonquin1667 Sioux1703 Athabaskan1846 Algonquian1890 Macro-Algonquian1965 1965 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin in Anthropol. Linguistics 7 i. 129 The third map will show that the Macro-Algonquian phylum includes two language families (Algonquian and Muskogean) and many language isolates. 1981 A. B. Kehoe N. Amer. Indians vii. 376/2 Macro-Algonkian is represented by two language isolates, Yurok..and Wiyot. 1996 Handbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 110 After Tonkawa was linked with Algic..the larger grouping became known as ‘Macro-Algonquian’. The significance of Macro-Algonquian for the prehistory of Eastern America lies in the extent of its geographic spread... However, both Algonkian-Gulf and Macro-Algonquian have been treated with considerable skepticism. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1965 |
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