Yuman-Cochimí languages
- Yuman-Cochimí languages
Infobox Language family
name=Yuman-Cochimí
region=Colorado River basin andBaja California
familycolor=American
family=Yuman-Cochimí
child1=Yuman
child2="Cochimi"
map_caption=Pre-contact distribution of Yuman-Cochimí languagesYuman-Cochimí is a family of languages spoken in
Baja California and northernSonora inMexico and southernCalifornia and westernArizona in theUnited States .Genetic relations
The Yuman-Cochimí family consists of about 10 separate languages, as well as various dialects:
I. "
Cochimí family": 1. Cochimí (†) (may include separate Northern Cochimí and Southern Cochimí languages)II. "
Yuman family": A. Core Yuman:: i. Delta-California Yuman::: 1.Ipai language (a.k.a. 'Iipay, Northern Diegueño)::: 2.Kumeyaay language (a.k.a. Southern Diegueño, Campo, Kamia)::: 3.Tipai language (a.k.a. Southern Diegueño, Huerteño, Ku'ahl)::: 4.Cocopah language (a.k.a. Cucapá; cf. Kahwan, Halyikwamai):: ii. River Yuman::: 5.Quechan language (a.k.a. Yuma)::: 6.Maricopa language (a.k.a. Pii-Paash; cf. also Halchidhoma)::: 7.Mohave language :: iii. Pai::: 8.Upland Yuman language (a.k.a. Northern Yuman):::: a. Yavapai dialects:::: b. Hualapai dialect (a.k.a. Walapai):::: c. Havasupai dialect::: 9. Paipai language (a.k.a. Akwa'ala; possibly distinct from the Upland Yuman language only at the dialect level): B. Kiliwa:: 10. Kiliwa languageCochimí is now extinct. Cucapá is the Spanish name for the Cocopa. Diegueño is the Spanish name for the Ipai/Kumeyaay/Tipai, now often referred to collectively as Kumeyaay. Upland Yuman consists of several mutually intelligible dialects spoken by the politically distinct Yavapai, Hualapai, and Havasupai.
Links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91271 Ethnologue: Yuman]
Bibliography
* Campbell, Lyle. (1997). "American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America". Oxford University Press.
* Goddard, Ives. (1996). "Introduction". In "Languages", edited by Ives Goddard, pp. 1-16. Handbook of North American Indians, William C. Sturtevant, general editor, Vol. 17. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
* Kendall, Martha B. (1983). "Yuman languages". In "Southwest", edited by Alfonso Ortiz, pp. 4-12. Handbook of North American Indians, William C. Sturtevant, general editor, Vol. 10. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
* Langdon, Margaret. (1990). "Diegueño: how many languages?" In "Proceedings of the 1990 Hokan-Penutian Language Workshop", edited by James E. Redden, pp. 184-190. Occasional Papers in Linguistics No. 15. University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale.
* Mithun, Marianne. (1999). "The Languages of Native North America". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
* Mixco, Mauricio J. (2006). "The indigenous languages". In "The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula", edited by Don Laylander and Jerry D. Moore, pp. 24-41.
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