Diegueño language

E89773

Native American language Yuman language indigenous language of North America spoken language

The Diegueño language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Diegueño) people of southern California and northern Baja California.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Diegueño languages	1
Kumeyaay language	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language ⓘ Yuman language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ spoken language ⓘ
alternateName	Diegueño ⓘ Kumeyaay language ⓘ Tipai ⓘ surface form: Tipai-Ipai
classificationStatus	well-attested Yuman language ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endangeredStatus	endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Kumeyaay people ⓘ surface form: Kumeyaay
family	Yuman language family ⓘ
hasDialect	Ipai ⓘ Kumeyaay language ⓘ surface form: Kumeyaay (central variety) Tipai ⓘ
hasPhylumStatus	genetic affiliation partly uncertain ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	dih ⓘ
languageFamily	Hokan (proposed) ⓘ
region	Baja California ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
relatedTo	Cocopa language ⓘ Maricopa language ⓘ Mojave language ⓘ surface form: Mohave language Quechan language ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts	community-based language programs ⓘ documentation and teaching projects ⓘ
spokenBy	Diegueño people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumeyaay people ⓘ
subfamily	Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Baja California ⓘ surface form: northern Baja California Southern California ⓘ surface form: southern California
usedFor	ceremonial purposes ⓘ daily communication in some Kumeyaay communities ⓘ
usedIn	traditional oral literature of the Kumeyaay ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

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

Diegueño → alternativeNameOf → Diegueño language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kumeyaay language

Ipai language → closeTo → Diegueño language ⓘ

Ipai-Tipai → relatedTo → Diegueño language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diegueño languages