Cora linguistic continuum

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The Cora linguistic continuum is a group of closely related Uto-Aztecan Cora dialects spoken in western Mexico that form a chain of mutually intelligible varieties rather than a single uniform language.

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Label Occurrences
Cora linguistic continuum canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language variety
dialect continuum
linguistic continuum
branchOf Southern Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED
classificationStatus often treated as one language with several dialects
sometimes analyzed as multiple closely related languages
country Mexico
endangeredStatus vulnerable language
ethnicGroup Cora people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Cora dialect continuum
Cora language continuum
hasCharacteristic chain of dialects
gradual grammatical differences
gradual lexical differences
gradual phonological differences
internal dialect diversity
mutually intelligible neighboring varieties
not a single uniform language
hasLinguisticFeature phonological variation by locality
shared core grammar across varieties
shared core lexicon across varieties
hasPart Cora dialect
Cora lect
Cora variety
hasSociolinguisticSituation local identity linked to specific varieties
variation between communities
hasType indigenous language of the Americas
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Mexico
western Mexico
partOf Corachol branch NERFINISHED
Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED
region Sierra del Nayar NERFINISHED
relatedTo Corachol languages NERFINISHED
Huichol language NERFINISHED
spokenBy indigenous community of Nayarit
spokenIn Nayarit NERFINISHED
neighboring regions of western Mexico
subclassOf Cora language
usedBy Cora people NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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San Francisco Cora partOf Cora linguistic continuum