Macro-Siouan (hypothetical)

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Native North American language macro-family hypothetical language macro-family proposed language family

Macro-Siouan (hypothetical) is a proposed large Native North American language macro-family that would group the Siouan languages together with other families such as Iroquoian and Caddoan based on suggested historical relationships.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Macro-Siouan (hypothetical) canonical	1
Macro-Siouan (proposed)	1
Siouan–Catawban macro-family (proposed)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2593803 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Macro-Siouan (hypothetical)
Context triple: [Siouan languages, languageBranchOf, Macro-Siouan (hypothetical)]

A. Siouan languages
Siouan languages are a family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken by numerous Native American peoples across the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southeast.
B. Cordilleran languages
Cordilleran languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the mountainous Cordillera region of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
C. Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
D. Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
E. Chinookan languages
Chinookan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken along the lower Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Macro-Siouan (hypothetical)
Target entity description: Macro-Siouan (hypothetical) is a proposed large Native North American language macro-family that would group the Siouan languages together with other families such as Iroquoian and Caddoan based on suggested historical relationships.

A. Siouan languages
Siouan languages are a family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken by numerous Native American peoples across the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southeast.
B. Cordilleran languages
Cordilleran languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the mountainous Cordillera region of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
C. Gros Ventre language
Gros Ventre is an endangered Algonquian language traditionally spoken by the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) people of north-central Montana in the United States.
D. Hokan languages
Hokan languages are a proposed but controversial grouping of several Native American language families of the western United States and Mexico that share certain typological and lexical similarities.
E. Chinookan languages
Chinookan languages are a group of Native American languages traditionally spoken along the lower Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native North American language macro-family ⓘ hypothetical language macro-family ⓘ proposed language family ⓘ
acceptanceByLinguists	limited ⓘ
basisOfProposal	comparative linguistic evidence ⓘ lexical similarities ⓘ morphological parallels ⓘ phonological correspondences ⓘ suggested historical relationships ⓘ
classificationType	genetic classification hypothesis ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
distinctFrom	Caddoan language family ⓘ linked to: Caddoan languages Iroquoian language family ⓘ linked to: Iroquoian languages Siouan language family ⓘ linked to: Siouan languages
evidenceStatus	insufficient for consensus ⓘ
geographicRegion	central North America ⓘ eastern North America ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Macro-Siouan hypothesis ⓘ
hasMember	Caddoan languages ⓘ Iroquoian languages ⓘ Siouan languages ⓘ
hasProposedSubgroup	Caddoan ⓘ linked to: Caddo Iroquoian ⓘ linked to: Iroquoian languages Siouan–Catawban ⓘ linked to: Southeastern Siouan
includesLanguagesSpokenBy	various Native American peoples ⓘ
languageFamilyType	indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
notRecognizedBy	major standard classifications such as Ethnologue ⓘ major standard classifications such as Glottolog ⓘ
proposedRelationshipBetween	Caddoan languages ⓘ Iroquoian languages ⓘ Siouan languages ⓘ
relatedConcept	language macro-family ⓘ language phylum ⓘ
researchField	comparative linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
scope	large-scale language grouping ⓘ
status	controversial ⓘ hypothetical ⓘ not widely accepted ⓘ
subjectOf	debate in Americanist linguistics ⓘ
timeDepth	remote prehistory ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siouan languages → languageBranchOf → Macro-Siouan (hypothetical) ⓘ

Assiniboine language → isPartOf → Siouan–Catawban macro-family (proposed) ⓘ

linked to: Macro-Siouan (hypothetical)

Dhegihan languages → hasPhylum → Macro-Siouan (proposed) ⓘ