Coahuiltecan languages

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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.

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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)

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

Coahuiltecan languages ethnolinguisticGroup Coahuiltecan languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Coahuiltecan
Hokan languages includes Coahuiltecan languages