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.
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.
subject surface form:
Mono language