Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ

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Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ is the native name for the Comanche language, a Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Comanche people of the southern Plains in the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Comanche language ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Comanche Nation ⓘ
linked to: Comanche
autonymMeaning people’s language ⓘ
branchOf Northern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
classification Native American language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Shoshoni language ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance marker of Comanche identity ⓘ
vehicle for traditional knowledge ⓘ
endangerment severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Comanche ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Comanche ⓘ
Comanche language ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationPrograms true ⓘ
hasNasalVowels true ⓘ
hasSecondLanguageLearners true ⓘ
historicalDevelopment diverged from Shoshoni language ⓘ
ISO639-3 com ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageFamilyBranch Numic ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
nativeNameOf Comanche language ⓘ
phonologicalFeature tone or pitch accent ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
region Southern Plains ⓘ
spokenBy Comanche people ⓘ
linked to: Comanche
subbranch Central Numic languages ⓘ
linked to: Central Numic
subfamily Numic languages ⓘ
taughtIn community classes ⓘ
some schools in Comanche Nation jurisdiction ⓘ
tribal language programs ⓘ
traditionalRegion Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
usedBy Comanche elders ⓘ
linked to: Comanche
usedIn cultural ceremonies ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
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.

Comanche language → hasAlternativeName → Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ ⓘ
Comanche language → autonym → Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ ⓘ