Mono language (Uto-Aztecan)
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The Mono language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Mono people of eastern California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mono language (Uto-Aztecan) canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mono Paiute
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Owens Valley Paiute NERFINISHED ⓘ Paviotso-Mono (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Paiute language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Panamint language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoshoni language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | key marker of Mono ethnic identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Mono people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Owens Valley Paiute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | mono1268 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | sometimes grouped with Northern Paiute as a dialect cluster ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Eastern Mono
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Mono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | grammars and dictionaries compiled by linguists ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | complex verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Numic languages ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects by linguists ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | mnr ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mono people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Numic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Western Numic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalArea |
Owens Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (eastern slopes) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral storytelling traditions ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Mono ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.