Choynimni

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Choynimni is a dialect of the Yokutsan language family traditionally spoken by Indigenous people in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Choynimni canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yokutsan language variety
dialect
category Indigenous languages of California
Native American languages of North America
country United States
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Yokuts people
hasAncestor Proto-Yokuts
linked to: Yokutsan languages
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalType consonant-rich phonology
hasWordOrder flexible word order
indigenousTo California
San Joaquin Valley
languageFamily Yokutsan
languageFamilyHigher Yok-Utian (proposed)
location Central California
region San Joaquin Valley
relatedTo Tachi
Yokutsan dialect continuum
linked to: Yokutsan languages
sharesFeaturesWith Other Valley Yokuts dialects
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of California
state California
subdivisionOf Valley Yokuts
Yokutsan languages
subjectOf linguistic documentation efforts
traditionalStatus traditionally spoken
usedIn ceremonial contexts
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Yokutsan languages hasDialect Choynimni
Palewyami relatedTo Choynimni