Ipai-Tipai
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Ipai-Tipai is a Yuman language of the Kumeyaay people indigenous to the Baja California and southern California region.
Aliases (4)
- Ipai ×1
- Ipai–Tipai ×1
- Northern Ipai ×1
- Southern Ipai ×1
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
→
Yuman language → indigenous language → |
| alternativeName |
Ipai
→
Kamia (for some varieties) → Kumeyaay language → Tipai → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kumeyaay (in broader sense)
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|
| country |
Mexico
→
United States → |
| culturalRole |
key marker of Kumeyaay identity
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|
| documentation |
grammars and wordlists by linguists of Yuman languages
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|
| ethnicGroup |
Kumeyaay
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|
| hasDialect |
Ipai dialects
→
Kamia dialect → Tipai dialects → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
→
rich consonant inventory typical of Yuman languages → |
| indigenousTo |
Baja California
→
southern California → |
| ISO639-3 |
nai (for Kumeyaay/Ipai-Tipai complex)
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|
| languageBranch |
Hokan (proposed)
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|
| languageFamily |
Yuman
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|
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative morphology (Yuman-type)
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|
| region |
Baja California Peninsula
→
San Diego County, California NERFINISHED → |
| relatedTo |
Diegueño languages
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|
| spokenBy |
Kumeyaay people
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|
| spokenIn |
Baja California
→
southern California → |
| status |
endangered language
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|
| subfamily |
Delta–California Yuman
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|
| subjectOf |
language revitalization efforts
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|
| usedBy |
Kumeyaay communities in San Diego County
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Kumeyaay communities in northern Baja California → |
| usedIn |
oral storytelling traditions of the Kumeyaay
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traditional Kumeyaay ceremonies → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script (practical orthographies)
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|
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Ipai language
("Northern Ipai")
→
Ipai language ("Southern Ipai") → Kumeyaay language ("Ipai") → |
hasDialect |
|
Kumeyaay language
→
Kumeyaay people → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
Kumiai
("Ipai–Tipai")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |