Coahuiltecan languages
E74840
The Coahuiltecan languages are a group of now mostly extinct indigenous languages once spoken by hunter-gatherer peoples in what is now southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coahuiltecan | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct languages
ⓘ
indigenous languages ⓘ language group ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rio Grande ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Spanish colonial mission records
ⓘ
early missionary vocabularies ⓘ |
| classificationStatus |
controversial
ⓘ
uncertain ⓘ |
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea | South Texas and Northeastern Mexico hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
fragmentary
ⓘ
poorly attested ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Coahuiltecan languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Coahuiltecan
|
| extinctionCause |
colonial disruption
ⓘ
cultural assimilation ⓘ epidemic disease ⓘ language shift to English ⓘ language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Borrado language
ⓘ
Carrizo language ⓘ Comecrudo language ⓘ Cotoname language ⓘ Garza language ⓘ Jumano language (sometimes) ⓘ Mamulique language ⓘ Pacoa language ⓘ Pajalate language ⓘ Payaya language ⓘ Solano language ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | no unified ISO 639 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Hokan (proposed) ⓘ |
| linguisticFeatureStatus | insufficient data for detailed reconstruction ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Hokan (proposed)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hokan hypothesis
unclassified languages of North America ⓘ |
| researchField |
Native American linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Coahuiltecan peoples
ⓘ
hunter-gatherer peoples ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
northeastern Mexico
ⓘ
southern Texas ⓘ |
| status | mostly extinct ⓘ |
| subregion |
South Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Northeastern Mexico coastal plain ⓘ South Texas Plains ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
early colonial period
ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet (mission records) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coahuiltecan