Upland Yuman

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Yuman language variety branch of language family

Upland Yuman is a branch of the Yuman language family comprising several closely related Indigenous languages spoken in the upland regions of the southwestern United States.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Delta–California Yuman 3
Upland Yuman languages 2
Upland Yuman subgroup 2
Core Yuman 1
Delta–California Yuman language 1
Delta–California branch of Yuman languages 1
Upland Yuman branch 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yuman language variety ⓘ
branch of language family ⓘ
classificationStatus well-established subgroup within Yuman ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
contrastedWith Upland Yuman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Delta–California Yuman

River Yuman ⓘ
documentationStatus limited descriptive grammars and dictionaries ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to English ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Upland Yuman branch ⓘ
Upland Yuman ⓘ
surface form: Upland Yuman subgroup
hasLinguisticFeature complex aspect marking ⓘ
use of suffixes for person and number ⓘ
hasMember Havasupai–Hualapai language ⓘ
surface form: Havasupai language

Havasupai–Hualapai language ⓘ
surface form: Havasupai–Walapai–Yavapai language

Walapai language ⓘ
surface form: Hualapai language

Paipai language (sometimes classified) ⓘ
Yavapai language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some member languages) ⓘ
rich consonant inventory (in some member languages) ⓘ
hasSubgroup Havasupai–Walapai–Yavapai ⓘ
ISO639Status no single ISO 639 code for the branch (only for individual languages) ⓘ
languageFamily Yuman ⓘ
partOf Yuman language family ⓘ
region upland regions of the southwestern United States ⓘ
researchField Yuman linguistics ⓘ
spokenBy Havasupai people ⓘ
Hualapai people ⓘ
Yavapai people ⓘ
spokenIn Arizona ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Nevada ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
subclassOf Hokan languages ⓘ
surface form: Hokan languages (proposed)

Indigenous languages of North America ⓘ
subjectOf comparative studies of Yuman languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
verb-final word order (tendency) ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (for modern documentation) ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Yavapai language → branch → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upland Yuman branch
Upland Yuman → contrastedWith → Upland Yuman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California Yuman
Upland Yuman → hasAlternativeName → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upland Yuman subgroup
this entity surface form: Core Yuman
Yavapai language → isPartOf → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upland Yuman subgroup
Havasuw `Baaja → languageFamily → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upland Yuman languages
Hualapai people → languageFamily → Upland Yuman ⓘ
subject surface form: Hualapai language
Yavapai people → languageFamily → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upland Yuman languages
Cocopa language → subclassOf → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California branch of Yuman languages
Tipai → subclassOf → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California Yuman language
Diegueño → subfamily → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California Yuman
Yavapai language → subfamily → Upland Yuman ⓘ
Kumeyaay people → subgroupOf → Upland Yuman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta–California Yuman