Paipai language

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The Paipai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Paipai people of northern Baja California, Mexico, and is considered highly endangered.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Yuman language
endangered language
indigenous language
language of Mexico
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalRegion Californian indigenous languages area
Aridoamerica
surface form: Yuman cultural area
documentationStatus limited documentation
dominantContactLanguage Spanish
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicity Paipai
glottocode paip1241
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking
verb-final
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
ejective consonants
glottalized consonants
hasSpeakerCommunity San Isidoro, Baja California
Baja California
surface form: Santa Catarina, Baja California
indigenousTo Baja California
northwestern Mexico
iso639-3Code ppi
languageFamily Yuman–Cochimí languages
morphologicalType agglutinative language
primaryWordOrder SOV
region Baja California
surface form: northern Baja California
relatedTo Cocopa language
Kiliwa language
Kumeyaay language
Mojave language
revitalizationEfforts community-based language classes
lexical and grammatical documentation projects
spokenBy Paipai people
spokenIn Baja California
Mexico
status highly endangered
subfamily Pai branch
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish
usedFor ritual practices
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script

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Kumiai closelyRelatedTo Paipai language
Yuman–Cochimí languages hasLanguage Paipai language
Mexican Cocopa hasLinguisticRelation Paipai language
Yuman language family hasMemberLanguage Paipai language
Paipai people language Paipai language
Paipai traditionalLanguage Paipai language
Paipai people traditionalLanguage Paipai language