Coosan languages

Melville Jacobs (1939) says that the languages are as close as Dutch and German.The origin of the name Coos is uncertain: one idea is that it is derived from a Hanis stem gus- meaning 'south' as in gusimídži·č 'southward'; another idea is that it is derived from a southwestern Oregon Athabaskan word ku·s meaning 'bay'.[1] Melville Jacobs also said that they were two dialects of the same languages; though he did note that Mrs. Annie Miner Peterson said they were in fact distinct languages and that Miluk had two dialects.[2] In 1916 Edward Sapir suggested that the Coosan languages are part of a larger Oregon Penutian genetic grouping.[3] However, more recent work has placed Hanis and Miluk as both separate languages and part of their own language family,[4] with Douglas-Tavani doing a comparative reconstruction of Proto-Coosan's phonemes and vocabulary [5] [6][7]
OregonCoos peopleExtinctLinguistic classificationPenutianCoast Oregon PenutianISO 639-3GlottologMelville JacobsGermanOregon AthabaskanEdward SapirOregon PenutianCentralLabialCoronalDorsalGlottallateralaffricateOcclusivevoicelessejectiveContinuantPenutian languagesChinookanKathlametLower ChinookUpper ChinookPlateauKlamathMolalaSahaptianNez PerceSahaptinUmatillaTakelmaKalapuyanCentral KalapuyaNorthern KalapuyaYoncallaCoast OregonAlseanSiuslawWintuanNomlakiPatwinSouthern PatwinMaiduanKonkowNisenanYok-UtianYokutsPalewyami YokutsBuena Vista YokutsTulamniHometwoliTule–Kaweah YokutsWukchumniYawdanchiGashowu YokutsKings River YokutsChoynimniValley YokutsDelta YokutsNorthern Valley YokutsChukchansiSouthern Valley YokutsTachi YokutsYawelmani YokutsCoast MiwokLake MiwokPlains MiwokBay MiwokNorthern Sierra MiwokCentral Sierra MiwokSouthern Sierra MiwokOhloneKarkinTamienRamaytushChochenyoAwaswasChalonMutsunRumsenTsimshianicCoast TsimshianGitksanNisga’aSouthern Tsimshianextinct languagesPrimary language familiesAfricaAfroasiaticAustronesianKhoe–KwadiNiger–CongoNilo-SaharanSonghayUbangianBangimeSandaweEuropeAustroasiaticChukotko-KamchatkanDravidianEskaleutGreat AndamaneseHmong–MienHurro-UrartianIndo-EuropeanJaponicKartvelianKoreanicKra–DaiMongolicNortheast CaucasianNorthwest CaucasianSino-TibetanTungusicTurkicTyrsenianUralicYeniseianYukaghirDigaroHrusishKho-BwaMijiicPuroikSiangicBasqueBurushaskiElamiteHatticKenaboiKusundaMinoanNihaliRutulianShompenSumerianTamboraNew Guineathe PacificArai–SamaiaBinanderean–GoilalanBorderBulaka RiverCentral SolomonsChimbu–WahgiDemta–SentaniDoso–TurumsaEast Geelvink BayEast New BritainEast StricklandElemanFoja RangeKaure–KosareKiwaianKutubuanLakes PlainLower MamberamoLower SepikMadangMairasiNorth BougainvillePauwasiSenagiSenu RiverSouth BougainvilleTeberanTorricelliTrans-FlyTrans–New GuineaTurama–KikorianUpper YuatWest PapuanNorthwest PapuanPapuan GulfAbinomnMaybratPawaiaPoromeAustraliaArnhem/Macro-GunwinyguanBunubanDarwin RegionEastern DalyEastern TasmanianGarawanIwaidjanJarrakanMarrku–WurruguMirndiNorthern TasmanianNortheastern TasmanianNyulnyulanPama–NyunganSouthern DalyTangkicWagaydyicWestern DalyWestern TasmanianWorrorranYangmanicWagimanGiimbiyuMalak-MalakNorthAmericaCaddoanChimakuanChumashanComecrudanIroquoianMuskogeanNa-DenePalaihnihanPlateau PenutianPomoanSalishanShastanSiouanTanoanUto-AztecanWakashanYukianYuman–CochimíChimarikoEsselenKutenaiTimucuaTonkawaWaikuriMesoamericaChibchanJicaqueanLencanMisumalpanMixe–ZoqueOto-MangueanTequistlatecanTotonacanXincanCuitlatecTarascan/PurépechaSouthAmericaAndoque–UrequenaArauanAraucanianArawakanArutani–SapeAymaranBarbacoanCahuapananCaribanCatacaoanChapacuranCharruanChonanGuaicuruanGuajiboanHarákmbut–KatukinanJirajaranJivaroanKatembri–TarumaMascoianMatacoanNadahupNambikwaranOtomákoanPano-TacananPeba–YaguanQuechuanPiaroa–SalibanTicuna–YuriTimoteanTiniguanTucanoanTupianUru–ChipayaWitotoanYanomamanZamucoanZaparoanBora-WitotoChimuanEsmeralda–YaruroHibito–CholónLule–VilelaMacro-JêTequiraca–CanichanaAikanãAlacalufanCamsáCandoshiChimaneChiquitanoCofánFulniôGuatóHodï/JotiIrantxeItonamaMovimaMura-PirahãPuinaveHuaorani/WaoraniTrumaiUrarinaYamanaYuracaréSignlanguagesBANZSLChineseFrancosignGermanosignIndo-PakistaniJapaneseOriginal ThaiSwedishTanzanianlist of sign languagesConstructed languagesCreolesLanguage isolatesMixed languagesPidginsUnclassified languagesIndigenous language families and isolatesNorth AmericaYuki–WappoBeothukCayusePericúEskimoanTlingitAthabaskanAlgonquianMacro-SiouanTakelma–KalapuyanSalinanPueblo linguistic areaCoahuiltecanAranamaKarankawaMaratinoNaolanQuiniguaSolanoPakawanCoahuiltecoCotonameComecrudoMamuliqueNatchezAtakapaChitimachaCalusa–TunicaTunicaCalusaMesoamericanTotozoqueanPurépechaAlagüilacCaribbeanPre-ArawakanGuanahatabeyMacorixCiguayoAmerindAlgonquian–WakashanAztec–TanoanMacro-MayanMacro-ChibchanTolatecanWaroidLinguistic areas