Kumeyaay language

E15074
Native American language Yuman language endangered language indigenous language of the Americas language

The Kumeyaay language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Kumeyaay language continuum 2
Kumeyaay (central variety) 1
Kumeyaay (narrow) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language ⓘ
Yuman language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ
language ⓘ
affectedBy English language dominance in California ⓘ
Spanish colonization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Diegueño ⓘ
Ipai-Tipai ⓘ
Kumiai ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Cocopa language ⓘ
Mojave language ⓘ
Quechan language ⓘ
culturalSignificance key marker of Kumeyaay identity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kumeyaay people ⓘ
surface form: Kumeyaay
hasAcademicStudy fieldwork by linguists in the 20th century ⓘ
hasDialect Ipai-Tipai ⓘ
surface form: Ipai

Kumeyaay language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kumeyaay (narrow)

Tipai ⓘ
hasGlottocode ipai1239 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code kmy ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode YUM-010 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ
use of suffixes for tense and aspect ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
isPartOf Yuman language family ⓘ
surface form: Yuman language area
languageBranch Delta–California branch of Yuman languages ⓘ
languageFamily Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
nativeTo Kumeyaay people ⓘ
preColonialStatus primary language of the Kumeyaay territory ⓘ
region Baja California ⓘ
Imperial County ⓘ
San Diego County ⓘ
revitalizationEffort community language classes ⓘ
curriculum development in Kumeyaay communities ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
spokenIn Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

northern Baja California ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
surface form: southern California
status severely endangered ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Diegueño language → alternateName → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Ipai-Tipai → alternativeName → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Kumiai → hasAlternativeName → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Tipai → hasAlternativeName → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay (southern variety)
Diegueño language → hasDialect → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay (central variety)
Kumeyaay language → hasDialect → Kumeyaay language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay (narrow)
Yuman–Cochimí languages → hasLanguage → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Yuman language family → hasMemberLanguage → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Kumeyaay people → language → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Ipai language → partOf → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay–Ipai–Tipai language complex
Paipai language → relatedTo → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Ipai language → subclassOf → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay language continuum
Tipai → subclassOf → Kumeyaay language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kumeyaay language continuum