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Yuman-Cochimi

North American Language Families

Yuman-Cochimi is a family of roughly a dozen languages spoken across Baja California, northern Sonora, southern California and western Arizona, comprising the extinct Cochimi language, the Kiliwa language, and a Core Yuman group that itself splits into Delta-California Yuman (including Ipai, Kumeyaay, Tipai and Cocopah), River Yuman (including Quechan, Maricopa and Mojave) and Pai (including Yavapai, Havasupai-Hualapai and Paipai). Cochimi ceased to be spoken by the late 18th century, and most of the family's surviving languages are themselves threatened. A relationship linking Yuman-Cochimi within a broader Hokan grouping has been proposed but remains tentative and unconfirmed.

Facts
Region
Baja California, northern Sonora, southern California, and western Arizona 1
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed: Proto-Yuman reconstructions established by Mixco (1978). 1
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Yuman-Cochimi Languages
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  • Introduction, first sentence
    are a family of languages spoken in Baja California, northern Sonora, southern California, and western Arizona
  • Proto-language, Reconstruction subsection heading
    Proto-Yuman reconstructions by Mixco (1978)
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Wikidata: Yuman-Cochimi
Wikidata Q579137, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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