Tipai

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Tipai is a Yuman language variety traditionally spoken by the Tipai people of northern Baja California and southern California, closely related to other Kumeyaay dialects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Yuman language
indigenous language of the Americas
closelyRelatedTo Ipai
Kumeyaay
country Mexico
United States
documentedBy field linguists in the 20th century
endangermentCause language shift to English
language shift to Spanish
ethnicGroup Tipai people
hasAlternativeName Diegueño (historical term)
Kumeyaay (southern variety)
Tipay
hasDialects coastal Tipai
inland Tipai
hasLinguisticFeature complex aspect system
rich verbal morphology
use of clitics
verb-final word order tendency
ISO639-3 tpe
languageFamily Yuman
partOf Hokan language phylum (proposed)
Yuman language family
region Baja California
San Diego County NERFINISHED
revitalizationEffort community language classes
documentation and dictionary projects
spokenIn northern Baja California
southern California
status endangered language
subclassOf Delta–California Yuman language
Kumeyaay language continuum
usedBy Tipai communities in northern Baja California
Tipai communities in southern California
writingSystem Latin script


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