Delta–California Yuman

E368198

Delta–California Yuman is a branch of the Yuman language family comprising closely related indigenous languages historically spoken in the lower Colorado River delta and coastal regions of southern California and northern Baja California.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yuman language subgroup ⓘ
branch of language family ⓘ
characterizedBy closely related member languages ⓘ
classificationStatus recognized subgroup within Yuman by many linguists ⓘ
endangermentStatus member languages are endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Delta–California branch of Yuman ⓘ
Delta–California subgroup of Yuman ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution lower Colorado River delta ⓘ
northern Baja California ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ
southern California ⓘ
linked to: Southern California

southwestern United States ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Cocopah language ⓘ
Kiliwa language ⓘ
Kumeyaay language ⓘ
Mojave language ⓘ
Paipai language ⓘ
Quechan language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventories (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
hasRelationTo Colorado River Yuman languages ⓘ
River Yuman branch ⓘ
historicalStatus historically spoken in coastal southern California ⓘ
historically spoken in northern Baja California ⓘ
historically spoken in the lower Colorado River delta ⓘ
languageFamilyRegion North America ⓘ
partOf Yuman language family ⓘ
spokenBy indigenous peoples of the lower Colorado River region ⓘ
spokenInPastBy Cocopah people ⓘ
Kiliwa people ⓘ
Kumeyaay people ⓘ
Mojave people ⓘ
Paipai people ⓘ
Quechan people ⓘ
studiedInField Native American linguistics ⓘ
Yuman linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Hokan languages (proposed) ⓘ
linked to: Hokan languages

Yuman languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
verb–final tendencies (typical of Yuman languages) ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication (historically) ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial speech ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Yuman → hasSubfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Ipai-Tipai → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Diegueño language → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
U.S. Cocopa → subgroupOf → Delta–California branch of Yuman ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman
Cocopah language → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Ipai → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Tipai people → languageBranch → Delta–California Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman
Core Yuman → relatedTo → Delta–California Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman
Kamia dialect → subfamily → Delta–California Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman
Delta–California Yuman → hasAlternativeName → Delta–California subgroup of Yuman ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman
Southwestern branch of Yuman languages → hasAlternativeName → Southwestern Yuman ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman
Cocopah → linguisticBranch → Delta–California Yuman ⓘ
Mesa Grande Ipai → languageFamily → Delta–California branch of Yuman ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman
Santa Ysabel Ipai → languageFamily → Delta–California Yuman languages ⓘ
linked to: Delta–California Yuman