Modoc language
E470201
The Modoc language is an endangered Native American tongue of the Plateau Penutian family traditionally spoken by the Modoc people of northern California and southern Oregon.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Native languages of California
ⓘ
Native languages of Oregon ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Klamath language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | core marker of Modoc identity ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
forced assimilation policies
ⓘ
language shift to English ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Modoc people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Plateau Penutian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | modo1239 ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Klamath–Modoc (when grouped with Klamath)
ⓘ
Modoc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
kinship terminology
ⓘ
place names ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasResource |
archival recordings
ⓘ
linguistic field notes ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationTrend | declining ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | mox ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Klamath–Modoc language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region |
northern California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenNear |
Lost River region
ⓘ
Tule Lake region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenOn | Klamath Reservation (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Klamath–Modoc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
everyday communication (historically) ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| transmissionStatus | limited intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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