Yuman–Cochimí languages

E15676
indigenous language family language family

Yuman–Cochimí languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages historically spoken in the Baja California Peninsula and the lower Colorado River region of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Cochimí–Yuman languages 3
Cochimí is the most divergent branch 1
Cochimí language is extinct 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Yuman language family ⓘ
surface form: Yuman languages

Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
surface form: Yuman-Cochimi language family
arealFeature part of the linguistic area of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands ⓘ
classificationStatus generally accepted as a valid language family ⓘ
documentationStatus relatively poorly documented compared to major world languages ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Cochimí people ⓘ
Yuman peoples ⓘ
geneticRelationship Yuman–Cochimí languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cochimí is the most divergent branch

Core Yuman branches are more closely related to each other than to Cochimí ⓘ
hasLanguage Cochimí language ⓘ
Cocopah language ⓘ
Havasupai–Hualapai language ⓘ
Ipai language ⓘ
Kiliwa language ⓘ
Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Maricopa language ⓘ
Mojave language ⓘ
surface form: Mohave language

Paipai language ⓘ
Quechan language ⓘ
Ipai language ⓘ
surface form: Tipai language

Yavapai language ⓘ
hasSubfamily Cochimí people ⓘ
surface form: Cochimí

Upland Yuman ⓘ
surface form: Core Yuman
historicalStatus historically spoken along the lower Colorado River ⓘ
historically spoken throughout much of the Baja California Peninsula ⓘ
languageFamilyCode yuman ⓘ
linguisticResearch subject of comparative and historical linguistic studies ⓘ
macroFamilyHypothesis sometimes grouped in a larger Hokan phylum hypothesis ⓘ
region Arizona ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
Baja California Sur ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sonoran Desert ⓘ
spokenIn Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California Peninsula

lower Colorado River region ⓘ
Western Mexico ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Mexico

southwestern United States ⓘ
status Yuman–Cochimí languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cochimí language is extinct

several member languages are endangered ⓘ
some member languages are moribund ⓘ
subclassOf Hokan languages (proposed) ⓘ
typology agglutinative morphology ⓘ
predominantly head-marking ⓘ
wordOrder SOV (tendential) ⓘ
writingSystem primarily written using Latin script in modern documentation ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Yuman–Cochimí languages → alternativeName → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuman-Cochimi language family
Maricopa language → belongsTo → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuman–Cochimí language group
Yavapai language → belongsTo → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuman–Cochimí language grouping
Yuman–Cochimí languages → geneticRelationship → Yuman–Cochimí languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí is the most divergent branch
Yuman language family → hasAlternativeName → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of North America → hasLanguageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
Cochimí people → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
Hualapai people → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Hualapai language
Kumeyaay language → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
Mexican Cocopa → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí–Yuman languages
Paipai language → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
Quechan people → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí–Yuman language family
U.S. Cocopa → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí–Yuman languages
Yuman peoples → languageFamily → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
Yuman–Cochimí languages → status → Yuman–Cochimí languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí language is extinct
Cocopa language → subclassOf → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí–Yuman language
Kumiai → subclassOf → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí–Yuman languages
Kumiai → subclassOf → Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuman–Cochimí language family