Takic languages

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Takic languages are a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family spoken historically in Southern California and neighboring regions by various Indigenous peoples.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Takic languages canonical 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Uto-Aztecan languages
language group
documentationStatus variable documentation quality
geographicDistribution coastal Southern California
inland Southern California
hasLanguage Cahuilla language
Cupeño language
Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Cahuilla language
surface form: Ivilyuat (Cahuilla) language

Luiseño language
surface form: Juaneño language

Kitanemuk language
Cupeno language
surface form: Kupa language

Luiseño language
Luiseño language
surface form: Luiseño-Juaneño language

Serrano language
Tataviam language
hasSubgroup Cahuilla-Cupeno branch
Cupan languages
Gabrielino-Fernandeño
surface form: Serrano-Gabrielino branch
historicalStatus historically spoken
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
neighboringLanguageFamilies Chumashan languages
Yuman language family
surface form: Yuman languages
partOf Northern Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Northern Uto-Aztecan languages
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in some languages
rich consonant inventories in some languages
region Baja California
Southern California
southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States
researchField Uto-Aztecan linguistics
revitalization subject of language revitalization efforts
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of California
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Southern California
status many languages endangered
some languages extinct
studiedBy field linguists
historical linguists
subfamilyOf Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
timeDepth attested since early colonial period in California
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
head-marking
verb-final tendencies
usedBy Cahuilla people
Cupeño people
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe
surface form: Gabrielino-Tongva people

Kitanemuk people
Luiseño people
Serrano people
Tataviam people
writingSystem primarily oral tradition historically

Referenced by (8)

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

Serrano subgroupOf Takic languages
Proto-Uto-Aztecan isAncestorOf Takic languages
Gabrielino subgroupOf Takic languages
Serrano tribes languageFamily Takic languages
Fernandeño people languageBranch Takic languages
Takic hasAlternativeName Takic languages
Gabrielino people languageSubfamily Takic languages
Kitanemuk subfamilyOf Takic languages