Diegueño

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Yuman language indigenous language language

Diegueño is an alternative name for the Kumeyaay language, an indigenous Yuman language traditionally spoken in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Diegueño (historical term)	1
Northern Diegueño	1

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yuman language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeNameOf	Diegueño language ⓘ surface form: Kumeyaay language
country	Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicGroup	Kumeyaay people ⓘ
hasDialect	Ipai ⓘ Mesa Grande Diegueño ⓘ Tipai ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	dih ⓘ
languageFamily	Yuman ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch	Hokan (proposed) ⓘ
languageStatus	endangered language ⓘ
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
region	northern Baja California ⓘ Southern California ⓘ surface form: southern California
spokenIn	Baja California ⓘ San Diego County NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Kumeyaay language ⓘ
subfamily	Upland Yuman ⓘ surface form: Delta–California Yuman
subjectTo	language revitalization efforts ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Kumeyaay people ⓘ surface form: Kumeyaay traditional lands
usedBy	Kumeyaay people ⓘ surface form: Kumeyaay communities
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Kumeyaay language → alsoKnownAs → Diegueño ⓘ

Kumeyaay people → alsoKnownAs → Diegueño ⓘ

Ipai language → alternateName → Diegueño ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Diegueño

Kumiai → hasAlternativeName → Diegueño ⓘ

Tipai → hasAlternativeName → Diegueño ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diegueño (historical term)