Maricopa language
E12725
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.
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.
this entity surface form:
Yuma language