Iviatim

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Iviatim is an alternative name for the Cahuilla language, a Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Cahuilla people of Southern California.

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Iviatim canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
language
alternativeName Cahuilla language
closelyRelatedTo Cupeño language
Luiseño language
Serrano language
country United States
ethnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
grammaticalType agglutinative language
hasDialects Desert Cahuilla
Mountain Cahuilla
Pass Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3Code chl
languageBranch Northern Uto-Aztecan
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
partOf indigenous languages of California
region Inland Southern California
linked to: Southern California
revitalizationEfforts community language classes
documentation projects
spokenIn Southern California
spokenNear Coachella Valley
Salton Sea
San Jacinto Mountains
status endangered language
subfamily Takic branch
traditionalSpeakers Cahuilla people
usedBy Cahuilla tribal communities
linked to: Cahuilla people
wordOrder relatively free word order
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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