Yucpa
E772718
Yucpa is an indigenous language spoken by the Yukpa people of the Sierra de Perijá region along the Colombia–Venezuela border.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American language
ⓘ
Cariban language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsToSubgroup | Yukpa subgroup of Cariban ⓘ |
| countryStatusIn |
recognized indigenous language in Colombia
ⓘ
recognized indigenous language in Venezuela ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Yucpa Carib
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yukpa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Yucpa (Atapsi) dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yucpa (Iroka) dialect ⓘ Yucpa (Macoa) dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucpa (Menku) dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucpa (Wasamira) dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucpa (Yukpa) dialect ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
environmental and forest terminology
ⓘ
kinship terminology ⓘ traditional agriculture terminology ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | yup ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | northern South America ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Yukpa communities in Cesar Department, Colombia
ⓘ
Yukpa communities in La Guajira Department, Colombia ⓘ Yukpa communities in Zulia State, Venezuela ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
ritual practices
ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Colombia–Venezuela border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Yukpa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Sierra de Perijá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Spanish ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication in Yukpa communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.