Chimariko language
E77374
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hokan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Chimariko ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Trinity River ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Chimariko cultural area ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy |
J. P. Harrington
ⓘ
Roland B. Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chimariko people ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
language shift to English
ⓘ
population decline ⓘ |
| glottologCode | chim1300 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Chimariko ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
grammatical notes
ⓘ
texts ⓘ word lists ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Chimariko ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
pronominal affixes on verbs ⓘ use of suffixes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation |
possibly related to Palaihnihan languages
ⓘ
possibly related to Pomoan languages ⓘ possibly related to Shastan languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasResearchTopic |
contact with Athabaskan languages
ⓘ
genetic classification within Hokan ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | cid ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Hokan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Hokan language phylum (hypothetical)
American Indian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Native languages of North America
|
| languageFamily |
Hokan (proposed)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hokan
|
| languageFamilyStatus | proposed ⓘ |
| languageStatus | no native speakers remaining ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Hupa language
ⓘ
Karuk language ⓘ Shasta language ⓘ Wintu language ⓘ |
| region | northwestern California ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Trinity River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Trinity River region
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.