Cocopa language

E13260

Native American language Yuman language endangered language indigenous language spoken language

The Cocopa language is an indigenous Native American language spoken by the Cocopah people of the lower Colorado River region in the United States and Mexico.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language → Yuman language → endangered language → indigenous language → spoken language →
associatedRiver	Colorado River →
closelyRelatedTo	Maricopa language → Mojave language → Quechan language →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico → United States →
culturalArea	Lower Colorado River Valley →
endangeredStatus	severely endangered →
ethnicGroup	Cocopah people →
glottocode	coco1260 →
glottologName	Cocopa →
hasAlternativeName	Cocopa → Cocopah language →
hasCommunity	Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona → Cocopah communities in Baja California →
hasDialect	Mexican Cocopa → U.S. Cocopa →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → rich consonant inventory →
iso639-3Code	coc →
languageFamily	Hokan (proposed) language family → Yuman language family →
morphologyType	agglutinative language →
nativeName	Kwapa →
region	lower Colorado River region →
revitalizationEffort	documentation projects by linguists → language classes in Cocopah communities →
spokenBy	Cocopah people →
spokenIn	Arizona → Baja California → California → Sonora →
subclassOf	Cochimí–Yuman language → Delta–California branch of Yuman languages →
typology	head-marking language →
usedIn	ceremonial contexts → oral narratives → traditional songs →
wordOrder	SOV-dominant →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maricopa language → Quechan language →	closelyRelatedTo
Diegueño language → Paipai language →	relatedTo
U.S. Cocopa →	hasDialectOf
Yuman language family →	hasMemberLanguage
Cocopa people →	language
U.S. Cocopa →	partOf
Mexican Cocopa →	subdivisionOf