Yuman-Cochimí languages

Infobox Language family
name=Yuman-Cochimí
region=Colorado River basin and Baja California
familycolor=American
family=Yuman-Cochimí
child1=Yuman
child2="Cochimi"


map_caption=Pre-contact distribution of Yuman-Cochimí languages

Yuman-Cochimí is a family of languages spoken in Baja California and northern Sonora in Mexico and southern California and western Arizona in the United 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 language

Cochimí 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

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