Yuman language family

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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)

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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 (85)

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