Kumiai

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Kumiai is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Kumiai 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American indigenous language
Yuman language
indigenous language
associatedWith Kumeyaay reservations in California
Kumiai communities in Baja California
closelyRelatedTo Cocopah language
Kiliwa language
Paipai language
Quechan language
country Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
endangeredStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Kumeyaay people
surface form: Kumeyaay
hasAlternativeName Diegueño
Ipai-Tipai
surface form: Ipai–Tipai

Kumeyaay language
Tipai
hasDialect Kumiai self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Kumiai

Ipai
Tipai
hasGlottocode kumi1248
hasGlottologName Kumiai self-link
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology
complex verb morphology
verb-final word order tendency
hasLanguageFamily Hokan (proposed)
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3Code kji
languageOf Kumeyaay people
surface form: Kumeyaay Nation
languageStatus threatened
partOf Yuman language family
region border region of southern California and northern Baja California
spokenBy Kumeyaay people
spokenIn Baja California
surface form: Baja California state

Mexico
San Diego County NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

northern Baja California
Southern California
surface form: southern California
subclassOf Yuman–Cochimí languages
surface form: Cochimí–Yuman languages

Yuman–Cochimí languages
surface form: Yuman–Cochimí language family
subjectOf language revitalization programs
linguistic documentation projects
usedFor oral tradition
songs
storytelling
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Kumiai hasDialect Kumiai self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Central Kumiai
Kumiai hasGlottologName Kumiai self-link