Kiliwa language
E11436
The Kiliwa language is an endangered indigenous language spoken by the Kiliwa people of northern Baja California, Mexico, known for its highly complex verbal morphology and status as one of the last surviving isolates within the Yuman linguistic area.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiliwa (language) | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ language isolate ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kiliwa
ⓘ
Kiliwa language ⓘ
surface form:
Kiliwa (language)
|
| belongsTo |
indigenous languages of Baja California
ⓘ
indigenous languages of Mexico ⓘ |
| contactLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangerment | very few fluent speakers ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Kiliwa people ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | linguistic descriptions and grammars ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
complex verbal affixation
ⓘ
derivational morphology on verbs ⓘ pronominal marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | klb ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
documentation by linguists
ⓘ
local community initiatives ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Kiliwa community of northern Baja California ⓘ |
| isCulturallyAssociatedWith |
oral traditions of the Kiliwa people
ⓘ
traditional Kiliwa culture ⓘ |
| isOneOf | last surviving isolates within the Yuman area ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Yuman language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Yuman linguistic area
|
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| morphology | highly complex verbal morphology ⓘ |
| name | Kiliwa language self-link ⓘ |
| region | northern Baja California ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kiliwa people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Baja California
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| typology | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| wordOrder | verb-final tendency ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kiliwa (language)