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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quechan language canonical | 19 |
| exonym "Quechan" | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Yuman language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kwtsaan
ⓘ
Maricopa language ⓘ
surface form:
Yuma language
|
| associatedPeople |
Quechan people
ⓘ
surface form:
Quechan (Yuma) people
|
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cocopa language
ⓘ
Maricopa language ⓘ Mojave language ⓘ
surface form:
Mohave language
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endonym |
Kwatsáan
ⓘ
surface form:
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 people
ⓘ
surface form:
Quechan
|
| primaryScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| region |
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
lower Colorado River region ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
threatened ⓘ |
| taughtAt | tribal education programs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oral tradition
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
exonym "Quechan"