Chemehuevi language
E16653
Chemehuevi language is a critically endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Chemehuevi people of the Great Basin region in the southwestern United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chemehuevi language canonical | 15 |
| Chemehuevi–English dictionary | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uto-Aztecan language
ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Chemehuevi
ⓘ
Southern Paiute people ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Paiute–Chemehuevi (in some classifications)
|
| branch | Southern Numic ⓘ |
| classificationStatus |
often treated as a distinct language within Southern Numic
ⓘ
sometimes treated as a dialect of Southern Paiute ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Southern Numic
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Paiute language
Ute language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | important marker of Chemehuevi identity ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Alfred L. Kroeber
ⓘ
surface form:
linguist A. L. Kroeber
linguist Carobeth Laird ⓘ linguist Margaret L. Press ⓘ |
| education | taught in some tribal language programs ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chemehuevi people ⓘ |
| family | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| hasDictionary |
Chemehuevi language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Chemehuevi–English dictionary
|
| hasGrammarDescription | reference grammar of Chemehuevi ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ute ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| languageShiftTo | English ⓘ |
| linguisticArea |
Great Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Basin linguistic area
|
| media | used in some community recordings and language materials ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | complex verbal morphology ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few fluent speakers ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Numic languages ⓘ |
| region |
Great Basin
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ |
| revitalization | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| subfamily | Numic ⓘ |
| syntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Arizona
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Nevada ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation
ⓘ
Colorado River Indian Tribes members of Chemehuevi descent ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chemehuevi–English dictionary
subject surface form:
Ute language
subject surface form:
Margaret L. Press
subject surface form:
Carobeth Laird
subject surface form:
Carobeth Laird