Seri language
E74839
The Seri language is an indigenous, highly distinctive and linguistically isolated language spoken by the Seri people of northwestern Mexico, noted for its complex phonology and morphology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seri language canonical | 10 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language
ⓘ
language ⓘ language isolate ⓘ |
| autonym | cmiique iitom ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Seri people ⓘ |
| family | language isolate ⓘ |
| glottocode | seri1257 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Seri ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | nominative-accusative alignment ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | limited case marking ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
detailed plant and animal terminology
ⓘ
extensive kinship terminology ⓘ rich marine-environment vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
extensive text collections
ⓘ
published dictionaries ⓘ well-documented grammar ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | complex morphology ⓘ |
| hasNominalFeature |
complex number system
ⓘ
irregular plurals ⓘ noun classifiers-like distinctions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex phonology
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ large consonant inventory ⓘ laryngeal consonants ⓘ |
| hasPronounSystem |
bound pronominal elements
ⓘ
independent pronouns ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
elaborate pluralization
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ use of body-part prefixes ⓘ |
| hasVerbalFeature |
complex aspect system
ⓘ
derivational verb morphology ⓘ directional verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | sei ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | a few hundred speakers ⓘ |
| region | Sonora ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Seri people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | northwestern Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenNear | Gulf of California ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday communication within the Seri community
ⓘ
ritual contexts ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.