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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kamia dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

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 ⓘ
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

How these facts were elicited

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

Ipai-Tipai → hasDialect → Kamia dialect ⓘ