Western Mono

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Western Mono is a dialect of the Mono language spoken by the Mono people of central California, distinguished by its own phonological and lexical features within the broader Mono linguistic continuum.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Western Mono canonical 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of the Mono language
belongsTo Native American languages of the United States
indigenous languages of California
branch Western Numic NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalAssociation Mono traditional culture
indigenous peoples of California NERFINISHED
ethnicity Mono people NERFINISHED
glottologClassification Uto-Aztecan > Numic > Western Mono
hasAlternativeName Western Mono dialect NERFINISHED
Western dialect of Mono NERFINISHED
hasDomain linguistics
hasFeature dialectal variation within Mono
distinct lexicon
distinct phonology
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Eastern Mono NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant clusters typical of Numic languages
contrastive vowel length
hasSubdomain lexicon
morphology
phonology
syntax
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isDialectOf Mono language
isEndangered true
isSubjectOf language documentation projects
linguistic description
revitalization efforts
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED
languageSubfamily Numic NERFINISHED
mutualIntelligibility partially mutually intelligible with Eastern Mono
partOf Mono language continuum NERFINISHED
region Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED
spokenBy Mono people NERFINISHED
spokenIn central California NERFINISHED
status severely endangered
subclassOf Mono language NERFINISHED
Numic language variety
Uto-Aztecan language variety
usedFor ceremonial contexts
everyday communication among some elders
oral tradition
traditional narratives

Referenced by (2)

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

Mono language hasDialect Western Mono
Mono hasDialect Western Mono
subject surface form: Mono language