Recent Hypotheses
California Penutian and Takelma–Kalapuyan are no longer accepted as valid nodes by many Penutian researchers. However, Plateau Penutian, Oregon Coast Penutian, and Yok-Utian are increasingly supported. Scott DeLancey suggests the following relationships within and among language families typically assigned to the Penutian phylum:
- Maritime Penutian
- Tsimshian
- Chinook
- Oregon Coast Penutian
- Alsea
- Siuslaw
- Coos
- Inland Penutian
- Yok-Utian (from the Great Basin)
- Utian
- Yokuts
- Maidu (from the Great Basin or Oregon)
- Plateau Penutian
- Sahaptian
- Molala
- Klamath
- Yok-Utian (from the Great Basin)
The Wintuan languages, Takelma and Kalapuya, absent from this list, continue to be considered Penutian languages by most scholars familiar with the subject, often in an Oregonian branch, though Takelma and Kalapuya are no longer considered to define a branch of Penutian.
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