Quechan language
E12184
The Quechan language is a Native American language spoken by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
Aliases (1)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
→
Yuman language → endangered language → indigenous language of North America → |
| alternateName |
Kwtsaan
→
Yuma language → |
| associatedPeople |
Quechan (Yuma) people
→
|
| basicWordOrder |
SOV
→
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cocopa language
→
Maricopa language → Mohave language → |
| continent |
North America
→
|
| country |
United States
→
|
| endonym |
Kwtsaan iiyáa
→
|
| ethnicGroup |
Quechan people
→
|
| glottocode |
quec1382
→
|
| hasDialects |
no major dialectal division reported
→
|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
case marking on nouns
→
rich verbal morphology → switch-reference system → |
| hasLinguisticDomain |
morphology
→
phonology → syntax → |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
→
polysynthetic tendencies → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
→
glottalized consonants → |
| iso639-3Code |
que
→
|
| languageFamily |
Delta–California branch of Yuman
→
Hokan (proposed) → Yuman language family → |
| languageRevitalization |
community-based classes
→
documentation projects → |
| name |
Quechan
→
|
| primaryScript |
Latin alphabet
→
|
| region |
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
→
southwestern United States → |
| spokenIn |
Arizona
→
California → United States → lower Colorado River region → |
| status |
moribund
→
threatened → |
| taughtAt |
tribal education programs
→
|
| usedFor |
oral tradition
→
storytelling → traditional ceremonies → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Cocopa language
→
Kumeyaay language → Kumiai → Maricopa language → Mojave language → |
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
→
Lower Colorado River region → |
hasIndigenousLanguage |
|
Kwatsáan
("exonym "Quechan"")
→
|
contrastsWith |
|
Quechan people
→
|
ethnonymLanguage |
|
Yuman–Cochimí languages
→
|
hasLanguage |
|
Mexican Cocopa
→
|
hasLinguisticRelation |
|
Yuman language family
→
|
hasMemberLanguage |
|
Quechan people
→
|
language |
|
Kwatsáan
→
|
languageOfOrigin |
|
Diegueño language
→
|
relatedTo |