Delta–California Yuman

E368198
Yuman language subgroup branch of language family

Delta–California Yuman is a branch of the Yuman language family comprising closely related indigenous languages historically spoken in the lower Colorado River delta and coastal regions of southern California and northern Baja California.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Delta–California Yuman canonical 5
Delta–California Yuman languages 3
Delta–California branch of Yuman 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yuman language subgroup ⓘ
branch of language family ⓘ
characterizedBy closely related member languages ⓘ
classificationStatus recognized subgroup within Yuman by many linguists ⓘ
endangermentStatus member languages are endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Delta–California branch of Yuman ⓘ
Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
surface form: Delta–California subgroup of Yuman
hasGeographicDistribution Colorado River Delta ⓘ
surface form: lower Colorado River delta

northern Baja California ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
surface form: southern California

southwestern United States ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Cocopah language ⓘ
Kiliwa language ⓘ
Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Mojave language ⓘ
Paipai language ⓘ
Quechan language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventories (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
hasRelationTo Colorado River Yuman languages ⓘ
River Yuman branch ⓘ
historicalStatus historically spoken in coastal southern California ⓘ
historically spoken in northern Baja California ⓘ
historically spoken in the lower Colorado River delta ⓘ
languageFamilyRegion North America ⓘ
partOf Yuman language family ⓘ
spokenBy indigenous peoples of the lower Colorado River region ⓘ
spokenInPastBy Cocopah people ⓘ
Kiliwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kumeyaay people ⓘ
Mojave people ⓘ
Paipai people ⓘ
Quechan people ⓘ
studiedInField Native American linguistics ⓘ
Yuman linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Hokan languages ⓘ
surface form: Hokan languages (proposed)

Yuman language family ⓘ
surface form: Yuman languages
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
verb–final tendencies (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication (historically) ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial speech ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Yuman → hasSubfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Ipai-Tipai → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Diegueño language → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
U.S. Cocopa → subgroupOf → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California branch of Yuman
Cocopah language → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Ipai → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Tipai people → languageBranch → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California Yuman languages
Core Yuman → relatedTo → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California Yuman languages
Kamia dialect → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California Yuman languages
Delta–California Yuman → hasAlternativeName → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California subgroup of Yuman
Southwestern branch of Yuman languages → hasAlternativeName → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Yuman