Yuman language family

E2260

The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

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Generate an image of the Yuman language family (The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.)

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Cocopa people ⓘ
Havasupai people ⓘ
Hualapai people ⓘ
Kiliwa people ⓘ
Kumeyaay people ⓘ
Maricopa people ⓘ
Mohave people ⓘ
linked to: Mojave people

Paipai people ⓘ
Quechan people ⓘ
Yavapai people ⓘ
geographicDistribution Arizona ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
California ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
linked to: Sonoran Desert
hasAlternativeName Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Cocopa language ⓘ
Havasupai–Hualapai language ⓘ
Ipai language ⓘ
Kiliwa language ⓘ
Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Maricopa language ⓘ
Mohave language ⓘ
Paipai language ⓘ
Quechan language ⓘ
Tipai language ⓘ
linked to: Ipai language

Yavapai language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Core Yuman languages ⓘ
Delta–California Yuman languages ⓘ
River Yuman languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Lower Colorado River Valley ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus endangered ⓘ
recognizedBy linguistic classification of North American indigenous languages ⓘ
spokenIn Lower Colorado River region ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Northwestern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Sonoran Desert

Southwestern United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
subclassOf Hokan languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
verb–final word order tendency ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ

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Referenced by (101)

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

Mojave people → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Yuman language family → hasSubgroup → Delta–California Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Yuman language family → hasSubgroup → Core Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Quechan people → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Maricopa people → subgroupOf → Yuman language family ⓘ
Maricopa people → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Maricopa language → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Maricopa language → branch → Core Yuman ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Kumeyaay language → isPartOf → Yuman language area ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Kiliwa language → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiliwa people
linked to: Yuman language family
Hokan languages → includes → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Kiliwa language → isPartOf → Yuman linguistic area ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Quechan language → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Yavapai language → family → Yuman language family ⓘ
Havasupai people → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Cocopa language → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Ipai language → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Havasupai–Hualapai language → partOf → Yuman language family ⓘ
Lower Colorado River region → hasLanguageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Cocopa people → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Yavapai people → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Paipai people → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Yuman–Cochimí languages → alternativeName → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Mohave → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Kwatsáan → partOf → Yuman language family (cultural-linguistic grouping) ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Yuman peoples → speaks → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Piipaash → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Havasuw `Baaja → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Kumiai → partOf → Yuman language family ⓘ
Mojave language → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Maricopa → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Hwalʼbay → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Walapai → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
California linguistic area → includesLanguageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Paipai → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Kiliwa language → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
subject linked to: Kiliwa
Yavbeʼ dialect → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Wipukpa dialect → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Walapai language → family → Yuman language family ⓘ
Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
U.S. Cocopa → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Mexican Cocopa → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Ipai people → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Indigenous peoples of California → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Cocopah people → languageFamily → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Cocopah language → family → Yuman language family ⓘ
Kewevkapaya (Southeastern Yavapai) → languageFamily → Yuman language family ⓘ
Theodore B. Fernald → studies → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family
Takic languages → neighboringLanguageFamilies → Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Yuman language family