Nawat language
E547989
The Nawat language is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language of western El Salvador, historically spoken by the Pipil people and now critically endangered.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uto-Aztecan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Nawat Pipil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Náhuat NERFINISHED ⓘ Pipil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Classical Nahuatl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexican Nahuatl varieties ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Pipil identity
ⓘ
indigenous heritage of western El Salvador ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Alan R. King
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jorge E. Lemus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyle Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
historical discrimination against indigenous languages in El Salvador
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
absolutive suffix on some nouns
ⓘ
noun incorporation in verbs ⓘ possessed and unpossessed noun forms ⓘ verb–subject–object basic word order tendency ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
polysynthetic verb morphology
ⓘ
prefixes marking person on verbs ⓘ suffixes marking tense and aspect ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between short and long vowels
ⓘ
glottal stop phoneme ⓘ |
| hasResource | grammars and dictionaries published in the 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy | Pipil people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenIn | western El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan languages
|
| lexicalInfluenceFrom | Spanish language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersEstimate |
fewer than 500 speakers
ⓘ
mostly elderly speakers ⓘ |
| region |
departments of Ahuachapán in El Salvador
ⓘ
departments of La Libertad in El Salvador ⓘ departments of Sonsonate in El Salvador ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffortIn | El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffortType |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation and dictionary projects ⓘ school-based teaching programs ⓘ |
| spokenIn | El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroup | Nahuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral storytelling traditions
ⓘ
traditional Pipil rituals ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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