Mojave language

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Native American language Yuman language indigenous language of the United States

The Mojave language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Mojave people along the lower Colorado River in the southwestern United States.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mohave language	6

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language ⓘ Yuman language ⓘ indigenous language of the United States ⓘ
belongsToCulturalArea	southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: American Southwest
closelyRelatedTo	Maricopa language ⓘ Quechan language ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentationIncludes	dictionaries ⓘ grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ
endangermentStatus	endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mojave ⓘ
glottocode	moha1258 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Mojave language ⓘ surface form: Mohave language
hasAlternativeSpelling	Mohave ⓘ Mojave ⓘ
hasDialects	Mojave dialects ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ tone or pitch accent (analyzed variably) ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	Colorado River Indian Tribes ⓘ Fort Mojave Indian Tribe ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SOV-dominant word order ⓘ
ISO639-3	mov ⓘ
languageBranch	Core Yuman ⓘ
languageFamily	Yuman language family ⓘ
linguisticArea	Lower Colorado River region ⓘ
region	Lower Colorado River region ⓘ surface form: lower Colorado River southwestern United States ⓘ
revitalizationEffort	community-based language classes ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ
spokenBy	Mojave people ⓘ
spokenInReservation	Fort Mojave Indian Reservation ⓘ
spokenInState	Arizona ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Nevada ⓘ
subfamily	River Yuman ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Arizona ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Nevada ⓘ
usedAs	marker of Mojave cultural identity ⓘ
usedFor	oral storytelling ⓘ ritual songs ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Kumeyaay language → closelyRelatedTo → Mojave language ⓘ

Maricopa language → closelyRelatedTo → Mojave language ⓘ

Quechan language → closelyRelatedTo → Mojave language ⓘ