Core Yuman
E340477
Core Yuman is a subgroup of the Yuman language family comprising closely related Indigenous languages spoken in the Lower Colorado River region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Core Yuman canonical | 2 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yuman language subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yuman peoples ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
border area of Arizona, California, and Baja California
ⓘ
Lower Colorado River region ⓘ
surface form:
lower Colorado River basin
|
| hasCharacteristic |
Indigenous languages of North America
ⓘ
closely related member languages ⓘ endangered languages ⓘ primarily oral tradition historically ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | predominantly agglutinative morphology (in member languages) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cocopa language
ⓘ
Halchidhoma language ⓘ Halyikwamai language ⓘ Halyikwamai–Kavelchadom dialect cluster ⓘ Kavelchadom language ⓘ Kumeyaay language ⓘ
surface form:
Kumana (Kumeyaay) language
Maricopa language ⓘ Mojave language ⓘ
surface form:
Mohave language
Quechan language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | rich consonant inventories (in member languages) ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | tendency toward verb-final or flexible word order (in member languages) ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (for modern documentation) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Yuman language family ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indigenous languages of northern Mexico
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ Native American languages of the Southwestern United States ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Delta–California Yuman
ⓘ
surface form:
Delta–California Yuman languages
River Yuman languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| spokenInRegion |
Lower Colorado River region
ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered (many member languages) ⓘ |
| studiedBy | linguists specializing in Yuman languages ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Hokan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Hokan languages (proposed)
Yuman language family ⓘ
surface form:
Yuman languages
|
| usedFor |
everyday communication within Yuman communities
ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial speech ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.