Maricopa language

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Maricopa language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Maricopa people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Yuma language 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Yuman language
indigenous language of the United States
alignmentType nominative–accusative
autonym Piipaash
belongsTo Yuman–Cochimí languages
surface form: Yuman–Cochimí language group
branch Yuman language family
surface form: Core Yuman
closelyRelatedTo Cocopa language
Mojave language
Quechan language
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalAssociation ritual and ceremonial speech
traditional narratives of the Maricopa people
endangermentCause historical assimilation policies
language shift to English
ethnicGroup Maricopa
glottocode mari1415
hasFeature aspectual distinctions in the verb
complex verb morphology
derivational morphology for valence change
postpositions rather than prepositions
productive reduplication
switch-reference markers
use of prefixes and suffixes
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy Pamela Munro
Theodore B. Fernald
hasResourceType descriptive grammar
dictionary
text collections
isAlsoKnownAs Piipaash
ISO639-3 mrc
languageFamily Yuman language family
morphologyType polysynthetic language
numberOfSpeakers fewer than 200 speakers
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
primaryState Arizona
region lower Colorado River region
revitalizationEfforts community language classes
documentation and recording projects
spokenBy Maricopa people
status endangered language
subfamily River Yuman
usedBy Gila River Indian Community members
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members
wordOrder SOV dominant
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quechan language alternateName Maricopa language
this entity surface form: Yuma language
Cocopa language closelyRelatedTo Maricopa language
Quechan language closelyRelatedTo Maricopa language
Yuman–Cochimí languages hasLanguage Maricopa language
Yuman language family hasMemberLanguage Maricopa language
Maricopa language Maricopa language
Maricopa people nativeLanguage Maricopa language