Paipai people

E15675
ethnic group indigenous people

The Paipai people are an Indigenous group native to northern Baja California, Mexico, known for their traditional culture and their now-endangered Paipai language of the Yuman family.

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group →
indigenous people →
arePartOf indigenous peoples of North America →
continent North America →
country Mexico →
culturalHeritage Yuman traditions →
culturalPractice oral storytelling →
traditional crafts →
traditional dance →
traditional music →
culturalRegion Aridoamerica →
surface form: Yuman cultural area
ethnicGroupOf Mexico →
hasEndonym Piipaash →
surface form: Pa ipai
hasMinorityStatusIn Mexico →
indigenousPeoplesOf Mexico →
indigenousTo Baja California →
language Paipai language →
languageEndangermentCause language shift to Spanish →
languageFamily Yuman language family →
surface form: Yuman languages
languageFamilyBranch Pai branch of Yuman →
languageStatus endangered →
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Baja California →
surface form: State of Baja California
nativeTo Baja California →
surface form: Baja California Peninsula

northern Baja California →
northwestern Mexico →
partOf Yuman peoples →
surface form: Yuman-speaking peoples
populationStatus small population →
primaryModernLanguage Spanish →
recognizedAs indigenous people of Baja California →
region Baja California →
relatedEthnicGroup Cocopah people →
Kiliwa people →
Kumeyaay people →
Quechan people →
religion Roman Catholicism →
traditional indigenous beliefs →
traditionalLanguage Paipai language →
traditionalSubsistence gathering →
hunting →
small-scale agriculture →
traditionalTerritory Sierra de Juárez →
Sierra de San Pedro Mártir →
UNESCOLanguageStatus severely endangered (Paipai language) →

Referenced by (11)

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

Yuman → ethnicGroup → Paipai people →
Yuman peoples → hasPart → Paipai people →
Cochimí people → neighboringGroup → Paipai people →
Cocopa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Paipai people →
Hualapai people → relatedEthnicGroup → Paipai people →
Kiliwa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Paipai people →
Kumeyaay people → relatedGroup → Paipai people →
Paipai language → spokenBy → Paipai people →