Mojave language

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The Mojave language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Mojave people along the lower Colorado River in the southwestern United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mojave language canonical 13
Mohave language 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Yuman language
indigenous language of the United States
belongsToCulturalArea American Southwest
closelyRelatedTo Maricopa language
Quechan language
country United States
documentationIncludes dictionaries
grammars
text collections
endangermentStatus endangered language
ethnicGroup Mojave
glottocode moha1258
hasAlternativeName Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
hasAlternativeSpelling Mohave
Mojave
hasDialects Mojave dialects
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone or pitch accent (analyzed variably)
hasSpeakerCommunity Colorado River Indian Tribes
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant word order
ISO639-3 mov
languageBranch Core Yuman
languageFamily Yuman language family
linguisticArea Lower Colorado River region
region lower Colorado River
southwestern United States
revitalizationEffort community-based language classes
documentation projects
spokenBy Mojave people
spokenInReservation Fort Mojave Indian Reservation
spokenInState Arizona
California
Nevada
subfamily River Yuman
traditionalTerritory Arizona
California
Nevada
usedAs marker of Mojave cultural identity
usedFor oral storytelling
ritual songs
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Maricopa language closelyRelatedTo Mojave language
Kumeyaay language closelyRelatedTo Mojave language
Paipai language relatedTo Mojave language
Quechan language closelyRelatedTo Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
Yuman–Cochimí languages hasLanguage Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
CRIT hasLanguageHeritage Mojave language
Mohave language Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
Mojave language hasAlternativeName Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
Diegueño language relatedTo Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
Mexican Cocopa hasLinguisticRelation Mojave language
Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation hasTraditionalLanguage Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
Cocopah language closelyRelatedTo Mojave language
Cochimí language closelyRelatedTo Mojave language
Piipaash language relatedTo Mojave language
Core Yuman hasPart Mohave language
linked to: Mojave language
Mojave language Mojave language