Cahuilla language
E58090
The Cahuilla language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan Native American language traditionally spoken by the Cahuilla people of Southern California.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cahuilla language canonical | 31 |
| Desert Cahuilla language | 1 |
| Ivilyuat (Cahuilla) language | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Uto-Aztecan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalArea | California cultural area ⓘ |
| branch | Northern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cupeño language
ⓘ
Luiseño language ⓘ Serrano language ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentUsage | limited to small number of speakers ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Hansjakob Seiler
ⓘ
linguist William Bright ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cahuilla people ⓘ |
| family | Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Iviatim
ⓘ
Ivilyuat ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
ⓘ
surface form:
Desert Cahuilla
Mountain Cahuilla ⓘ Cahuilla people ⓘ
surface form:
Pass Cahuilla
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottal stop phoneme ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic word order SOV ⓘ |
| historicalUsage | daily communication among Cahuilla people ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | chl ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| languageOf | Cahuilla Indian reservations ⓘ |
| region | Southern California ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
dictionary compilation ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ language teaching in tribal schools ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Takic branch ⓘ |
| traditionalArea |
Coachella Valley
ⓘ
Inland Empire region of California ⓘ
surface form:
Inland Southern California
San Jacinto Mountains ⓘ Santa Rosa Mountains ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cahuilla people
ⓘ
surface form:
Cahuilla elders
|
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
oral narratives ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ivilyuat (Cahuilla) language
subject surface form:
Hansjakob Seiler
subject surface form:
Cupeño language