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.

Aliases (1)

Mohave language ×6

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language → Yuman language → indigenous language of the United States →
belongsToCulturalArea	American Southwest →
closelyRelatedTo	Maricopa language → Quechan language →
country	United States →
documentationIncludes	dictionaries → grammars → text collections →
endangermentStatus	endangered language →
ethnicGroup	Mojave →
glottocode	moha1258 →
hasAlternativeName	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 → southwestern United States →
revitalizationEffort	community-based language classes → documentation projects →
spokenBy	Mojave people →
spokenInReservation	Fort Mojave Indian Reservation →
spokenInState	Arizona → California → Nevada →
subfamily	River Yuman →
traditionalTerritory	Arizona → California → Nevada →
usedAs	marker of Mojave cultural identity →
usedFor	oral storytelling → ritual songs → traditional ceremonies →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kumeyaay language → Maricopa language → Quechan language ("Mohave language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Diegueño language ("Mohave language") → Paipai language →	relatedTo
Mojave language ("Mohave language") →	hasAlternativeName
Lower Colorado River region →	hasIndigenousLanguage
Yuman–Cochimí languages ("Mohave language") →	hasLanguage
CRIT →	hasLanguageHeritage
Mexican Cocopa →	hasLinguisticRelation
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation ("Mohave language") →	hasTraditionalLanguage
Mohave ("Mohave language") →	language