Walapai language

E80812
Native American language Yuman language indigenous language of the United States language

The Walapai language is a Native American language of the Yuman family traditionally spoken by the Hualapai people of northwestern Arizona.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hualapai language 4
Hualapai dialect 1
Walapi language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language ⓘ
Yuman language ⓘ
indigenous language of the United States ⓘ
language ⓘ
alignment nominative–accusative ⓘ
alternateName Walapai language ⓘ
surface form: Hualapai language

Hwalʼbay ⓘ
surface form: Hwalbáy

Walapai language ⓘ
surface form: Walapi language
belongsTo Havasupai–Walapai–Yavapai ⓘ
surface form: Hualapai–Havasupai–Yavapai group
closelyRelatedTo Havasupai language ⓘ
Yavapai language ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicGroup Hualapai people ⓘ
family Yuman language family ⓘ
glottologCode hual1241 ⓘ
glottologName Havasupai–Walapai–Yavapai ⓘ
surface form: Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
hasConsonantInventory moderately large ⓘ
hasDialect Havasupai–Hualapai language ⓘ
surface form: Havasupai dialect

Walapai dialect ⓘ
Yavapai language ⓘ
surface form: Yavapai dialect
hasGrammaticalFeature derivational prefixes and suffixes ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasLinguisticWork bilingual dictionary ⓘ
descriptive grammar ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
tone absent ⓘ
hasVowelInventory small ⓘ
isPartOf Southwestern branch of Yuman languages ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 yuf ⓘ
languageFamilyHigher Hokan (proposed) ⓘ
morphology agglutinative language ⓘ
region Colorado Plateau ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States
revitalization documented in grammars and dictionaries ⓘ
taught in tribal schools ⓘ
spokenIn Arizona ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

northwestern Arizona ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
subclassOf Havasupai–Hualapai language ⓘ
surface form: Havasupai–Walapai–Yavapai language
subfamily Pai branch of Yuman languages ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Colorado Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Grand Canyon region

along the Colorado River ⓘ
typology polysynthetic language ⓘ
verb-final language ⓘ
usedBy Hualapai Tribal Council ⓘ
surface form: Hualapai Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Walapai language → alternateName → Walapai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hualapai language
Walapai language → alternateName → Walapai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walapi language
Yavapai language → closelyRelatedTo → Walapai language ⓘ
Havasupai–Hualapai language → hasDialect → Walapai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hualapai dialect
Hwalʼbay → hasLanguage → Walapai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hualapai language
Upland Yuman → hasMember → Walapai language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hualapai language
this entity surface form: Hualapai language