Paipai language
E11437
The Paipai language is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Paipai people of northern Baja California, Mexico, and is considered highly endangered.
Statements (43)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
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