Tunica language
E947475
The Tunica language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Tunica people of Louisiana, now the focus of revitalization efforts based on historical documentation.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language isolate ⓘ |
| associatedTribe | Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | unclassified within North American languages ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | key element of Tunica identity ⓘ |
| currentUse |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
language classes and educational settings ⓘ |
| documentationType |
field notes
ⓘ
grammatical description ⓘ lexicon ⓘ texts ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Mary R. Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedFromSpeaker | Sesostrie Youchigant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tunica people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistributionHistorical | Mississippi River area near present-day Louisiana ⓘ |
| glottocode | tuni1253 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Tonica language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventorySize | moderate ⓘ |
| hasDialects | no major documented dialects ⓘ |
| hasDictionary | Tunica dictionary by Mary R. Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammar | Tunica grammar by Mary R. Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOnlineResources | Tunica language learning materials ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventorySize | small to moderate ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfUse | pre-contact era to early 20th century ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tun ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| lastFluentSpeakerDiedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Caddoan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siouan languages ⓘ neighboring Muskogean languages ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
distinct vowel length ⓘ |
| region | Lower Mississippi Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationLedBy | Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationMethod |
community classes
ⓘ
curriculum development ⓘ digital media resources ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tunica people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct as a first language ⓘ |
| taughtIn | Tunica-Biloxi community programs ⓘ |
| wordOrder | verb–final tendency ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.