Yavapai language

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Native American language Yuman language indigenous language of the Americas language

The Yavapai language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Yavapai people of central and western Arizona.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tolkapaya (Western Yavapai)	1
Yavapai dialect	1
Yavapai language dialect continuum	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language ⓘ Yuman language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ
belongsTo	Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ surface form: Yuman–Cochimí language grouping
branch	Upland Yuman ⓘ surface form: Upland Yuman branch
closelyRelatedTo	Havasupai–Hualapai language ⓘ Paipai language ⓘ Walapai language ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Yavapai people ⓘ
family	Yuman language family ⓘ
glottocode	yava1245 ⓘ
hasDialects	Kewevkapaya dialect ⓘ Wipukpa dialect ⓘ Yavbeʼ dialect ⓘ
hasSpeakersIn	Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation ⓘ Yavapai-Apache Nation ⓘ Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe ⓘ
ISO639-3	yav ⓘ
isPartOf	Upland Yuman ⓘ surface form: Upland Yuman subgroup
languageFamily	Yuman ⓘ
languageGroup	Yavapai people ⓘ surface form: Yavapai–Havasupai–Hualapai group
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
region	southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Southwestern United States
revitalizationEfforts	community language classes ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ
spokenIn	Arizona ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States central Arizona ⓘ western Arizona ⓘ
status	endangered language ⓘ severely endangered language ⓘ
subfamily	Upland Yuman ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Bradshaw Mountains region ⓘ Colorado River region in Arizona ⓘ Prescott area ⓘ Verde Valley ⓘ
usedBy	Yavapai communities ⓘ
wordOrder	SOV-dominant ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Havasupai–Hualapai language → closelyRelatedTo → Yavapai language ⓘ

Walapai language → closelyRelatedTo → Yavapai language ⓘ

Walapai language → hasDialect → Yavapai language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yavapai dialect

Lower Colorado River region → hasIndigenousLanguage → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yuman–Cochimí languages → hasLanguage → Yavapai language ⓘ

Upland Yuman → hasMember → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yuman language family → hasMemberLanguage → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yavapai people → hasSubgroup → Yavapai language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tolkapaya (Western Yavapai)

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yavapai-Apache Nation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yavapai people → language → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe → languageTraditionallySpoken → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yavbeʼ dialect → partOf → Yavapai language ⓘ

Wipukpa dialect → subdivisionOf → Yavapai language ⓘ

Yavbeʼ dialect → subdivisionOf → Yavapai language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yavapai language dialect continuum