Harsunan Palaihnihan

'Palaihnih' (kuma Palaihnih) ƙaramin iyali ne na yaren da ba a taɓa gani ba a arewa maso gabashin California . Ya ƙunshi harsuna biyu masu alaƙa da juna:



 Dangantakar kwayar halitta 
Iyalin Palaihnihan galibi suna da alaƙa da kayan Hokan. Dangantaka ta musamman da aka gabatar a cikin Hokan sun haɗa da Palaihnihan tare da Shastan (wanda aka sani da Shasta-Achomawi) kuma a cikin ƙungiyar Kahi (wanda aka fi sani da Arewacin Hokan) tare da Shasta, Chimariko, da Karuk.

 Harshe na asali 
Ginin asali na proto-Palaihnihan ya sha wahala daga bayanan ƙarancin inganci. David Olmsted's dictionary ya dogara kusan gaba ɗaya akan de Angulo, wanda bai yi rikodin bambance-bambance na phonological ba ko kuma da kyau,  kuma ba tare da kulawa ba ya haɗa da ƙamus na Pomo daga rubutun hannu wanda shi (de Angulo) ya tashi don nuna cewa Achumawi da Pomo ba su da alaƙa.  William Bright ya kuma nuna matsaloli tare da hanyoyin sake ginawa na Olmsted. Ana gyara sake ginawa tare da sabbin bayanai.

 Sautin sautin 
Good, McFarland, & Paster (2003) sun kammala cewa akwai aƙalla wasula uku, *a *i *u, kuma mai yiwuwa *e, tare da tsawon wasula da ablaut. 

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