Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ

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Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ is the native name for the Comanche language, a Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Comanche people of the southern Plains in the United States.

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Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Comanche language
Uto-Aztecan language
language
associatedWithTribe Comanche Nation NERFINISHED
autonymMeaning people’s language
branchOf Northern Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED
classification Native American language
closelyRelatedTo Shoshoni language
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance marker of Comanche identity
vehicle for traditional knowledge
endangerment severely endangered
ethnicGroup Comanche NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Comanche NERFINISHED
Comanche language NERFINISHED
hasLanguageRevitalizationPrograms true
hasNasalVowels true
hasSecondLanguageLearners true
historicalDevelopment diverged from Shoshoni language
ISO639-3 com
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
languageFamilyBranch Numic NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered language
morphologicalType agglutinative language
nativeNameOf Comanche language NERFINISHED
phonologicalFeature tone or pitch accent
vowel length contrast
region Southern Plains NERFINISHED
spokenBy Comanche people NERFINISHED
subbranch Central Numic languages NERFINISHED
subfamily Numic languages NERFINISHED
taughtIn community classes
some schools in Comanche Nation jurisdiction
tribal language programs
traditionalRegion Colorado NERFINISHED
Kansas NERFINISHED
New Mexico NERFINISHED
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
Texas NERFINISHED
usedBy Comanche elders NERFINISHED
usedIn cultural ceremonies
oral storytelling
traditional songs
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Comanche language hasAlternativeName Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ
Comanche language autonym Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ