Re: The status of the glottal stop in Hebrew

From:    Barry Garcia <madyaas@...>
> Danny Wier <dawiertx@...> wrote:
> > Might be Hokan instead of Penutian... maybe both. Whatever
> > is/was spoken in California.
>
> Hokan and penutian families both have languages in California.
Indeed... are there any Hokan or Penutian languages spoken *outside*
of California?

> The native language families in California are:
>
> Athapaskan
> Uto-Aztecan
> Hokan
> Penutian
> Algonquian
> Yukian
I think by Algonquian you must mean "Algic", which is the
ancestor of Wiyot, Yurok, and the entire Algonquian family. In
fact, I am not aware of any true Algonquian languages spoken in
California at all.

> And here's a nice map showing the tribal/language groups in California.
> <http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/Survey/images/tribal_groups_lg.jpg>
Neat! Thanks.

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