Yuman language family

E2260

indigenous language family language family

The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Aliases (7)

Yuman languages ×20
Core Yuman ×1
Core Yuman languages ×1
Delta–California Yuman languages ×1
Yuman language area ×1
Yuman language family (cultural-linguistic grouping) ×1
Yuman linguistic area ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	indigenous language family → language family →
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Cocopa people → Havasupai people → Hualapai people → Kiliwa people → Kumeyaay people → Maricopa people → Mohave people → Paipai people → Quechan people → Yavapai people →
geographicDistribution	Arizona → Baja California → California → Sonora →
hasAlternativeName	Yuman–Cochimí languages →
hasMemberLanguage	Cocopa language → Havasupai–Hualapai language → Ipai language → Kiliwa language → Kumeyaay language → Maricopa language → Mohave language → Paipai language → Quechan language → Tipai language → Yavapai language →
hasSubgroup	Core Yuman languages → Delta–California Yuman languages → River Yuman languages →
hasWritingSystem	Latin script (for some languages) →
historicallyAssociatedWith	Lower Colorado River Valley →
languageFamilyStatus	endangered →
recognizedBy	linguistic classification of North American indigenous languages →
spokenIn	Lower Colorado River region → Mexico → Northwestern Mexico → Southwestern United States → United States →
subclassOf	Hokan languages →
typologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology → verb–final word order tendency →
usedIn	ceremonial contexts → oral tradition →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cocopa language → Cocopa people → Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona → Cocopah people ("Yuman languages") → Havasupai people → Havasuw `Baaja → Hwalʼbay ("Yuman languages") → Indigenous peoples of California ("Yuman languages") → Ipai language → Ipai people ("Yuman languages") → Kiliwa language ("Yuman languages") → Kiliwa language → Maricopa ("Yuman languages") → Maricopa language → Maricopa people ("Yuman languages") → Mexican Cocopa ("Yuman languages") → Mohave → Mojave language → Mojave people → Paipai ("Yuman languages") → Paipai people ("Yuman languages") → Piipaash → Quechan language → Quechan people ("Yuman languages") → U.S. Cocopa ("Yuman languages") → Walapai ("Yuman languages") → Wipukpa dialect ("Yuman languages") → Yavapai people ("Yuman languages") → Yavbeʼ dialect ("Yuman languages") →	languageFamily
Havasupai–Hualapai language → Kumiai → Kwatsáan ("Yuman language family (cultural-linguistic grouping)") →	partOf
Walapai language → Yavapai language →	family
Yuman language family ("Delta–California Yuman languages") → Yuman language family ("Core Yuman languages") →	hasSubgroup
Kiliwa language ("Yuman linguistic area") → Kumeyaay language ("Yuman language area") →	isPartOf
Yuman–Cochimí languages ("Yuman languages") →	alternativeName
Maricopa language ("Core Yuman") →	branch
Lower Colorado River region →	hasLanguageFamily
Hokan languages ("Yuman languages") →	includes
California linguistic area ("Yuman languages") →	includesLanguageFamily
Kiliwa community of northern Baja California →	linguisticFamily
Yuman peoples ("Yuman languages") →	speaks
Maricopa people →	subgroupOf