Southern O’odham varieties
E1038232
Southern O’odham varieties are the southern dialects of the O’odham language spoken primarily in parts of the Sonoran Desert region of the United States and Mexico.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Uto-Aztecan language variety
ⓘ
dialect group ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areMinorityLanguageIn |
Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other O’odham dialects ⓘ |
| areOralTraditionDominant | true ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern O’odham varieties
ⓘ
Pima Bajo language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Tepiman language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Uto-Aztecan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBranch | Tepiman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith | Northern O’odham varieties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnolinguisticIdentity | O’odham cultural identity ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SOV word order tendency
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ postpositions ⓘ stress accent ⓘ verb-heavy morphology ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasRegionType | cross-border speech community ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily | Southern Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| partOf | O’odham language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Akimel O’odham people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
O’odham people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tohono O’odham people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subclassOf | O’odham dialects ⓘ |
| subjectOf | O’odham language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication in some communities
ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial speech ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community radio and media in some areas
ⓘ
indigenous education programs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.