Kamia dialect

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The Kamia dialect is a regional variety of the Ipai-Tipai language traditionally spoken by the Kamia (Kumeyaay) people of southern California and northern Baja California.

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Kamia dialect canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ipai-Tipai dialect
Yuman language variety
dialect
associatedWith Kamia traditional culture
closelyRelatedTo Ipai dialects
Tipai dialects
country Mexico
United States
endangeredDueTo language shift to English
language shift to Spanish
ethnicGroup Kamia
Kumeyaay
linked to: Kumeyaay people
hasLinguisticFeature SOV basic word order (typical of Yuman languages)
agglutinative morphology (typical of Yuman languages)
rich verbal morphology (typical of Yuman languages)
languageFamily Yuman language family
partOf Kumeyaay linguistic continuum
linked to: Kumeyaay language
region northern Baja California
southern California
linked to: Southern California
spokenBy Kamia people NERFINISHED
Kumeyaay people
status endangered language variety
severely endangered
subdivisionOf Ipai-Tipai language
linked to: Ipai language
subfamily Delta–California Yuman languages
traditionalArea Lower Colorado River region
usedFor everyday communication (historically)
ritual speech
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Ipai-Tipai hasDialect Kamia dialect