Abstract
extant languages and records of some of the extinct languages, as is the case for IndoEuropean and Semitic. When, however, he must rely on scanty and often poorly recorded materials, his task is infinitely more complicated. Despite these and many other obstacles, both professional and amateur linguists have speculated about genetic relationships among American languages from the appearance of the first word lists and in some cases even earlier. As a result, many families and stocks have been posited with varying degrees of acceptance by authorities. California Penutian (Miwok, Costanoan, Wintun, Maidu, and Yokuts) is an interesting case in point. This paper presents a brief history of the events leading up to the establishment of this stock covering a period of almost four centuries. 2.1. Contact between the white man and
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