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| Yuman–Cochimí | |
|---|---|
| Yuman | |
| Geographic distribution | Colorado River basin andBaja California |
| Linguistic classification | Hokan ?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | coch1271 |
 Pre-contact distribution of Yuman–Cochimí languages | |
TheYuman–Cochimí languages are a family of languages spoken inBaja California, northernSonora, southernCalifornia, and westernArizona. Cochimí is no longer spoken as of the late 18th century, and most other Yuman languages are threatened.
There are approximately a dozen Yuman languages. The dormantCochimí, attested from the 18th century, was identified after the rest of the family had been established, and was found to be more divergent. The resulting family was therefore calledYuman–Cochimí, withYuman being the extra-Cochimí languages.
Cochimí and Halchidhoma are nowdormant. Cucapá is the Spanish name for the Cocopa. Diegueño is the Spanish name for Ipai–Kumeyaay–Tipai, now often referred to collectively asKumeyaay. Upland Yuman consists of several mutually intelligible dialects spoken by the politically distinct Yavapai, Hualapai, and Havasupai.
| Proto-Yuman | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Yuman languages |
| Lower-order reconstructions |
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Mauricio Mixco of theUniversity of Utah points to a relative lack of reconstructible Proto-Yuman terms for aquatic phenomena as evidence against a coastal, lacustrine, or riverineUrheimat.[1]
Proto-Yuman reconstructions by Mixco (1978):[2]
| gloss | Proto-Yuman |
|---|---|
| be | *wi/*yu |
| be located (sg) | *wa |
| belly | *pxa; *p-xa |
| big | *tay |
| bird | *č-sa |
| body hair | *mi(ʔ) |
| bone | *ak |
| breasts | *ñ-maːy |
| cat | *-mi(ʔ) |
| causative | *x- |
| chief man | *-pa/*(ma) |
| chief, lord | *-pa/*ma |
| cold | *x-čur |
| cry | *mi(ʔ) |
| dance | *-ma(ʔ) |
| daughter | *p-čay |
| die | *pi |
| die (sg) | *pi |
| do | *wi/uːy |
| do; make | *wi/*uy |
| dog | *(č)-xat |
| dove | *k-wi(ʔ) |
| drink | *(č)-si; *si ? |
| ear | *ṣma(k)l ~ *ṣmal(k) |
| earth, place | *ʔ-mat |
| eat (hard food) | *č-aw |
| eat (soft food) | *ma |
| extinguish | *spa |
| eye | *yu(w) |
| face | *yu(w) (p)-xu |
| fall | *-nal |
| father | *n-ʔay; *-ta; *-ku ? |
| feather | *-waR |
| fire | *ʔ-ʔa(ː)w |
| give | *wi; *ʔi |
| he | *ña/*ya- |
| head | *ʔi(y) |
| hear | *kʷi(ː) |
| heaven, sky | *ʔ-ma(ʔ)y |
| horn | *kʷa ? |
| hot | *paR |
| house | *ʔ-wa(ʔ) |
| husband | *miːy |
| imperative prefix | *k- |
| irrealis | *-x(a) |
| kill | *pi |
| leaf | *ṣmak; *smaR |
| lie (be prone) | *yak |
| locative | *wa-l |
| locative (illative) | *-l |
| locative (thither) | *-m |
| man, male | *-miː(y); *maː(y) |
| man, person | *-pa/*ma |
| mother | *-tay; *-siy |
| mountain lion | *-miʔ tay |
| mountain sheep | *ʔ-mu(w) |
| mouth | *(y-)a |
| name | *maR |
| navel | *-pu |
| neck/nape | *iː-(m)puk ? |
| non-present aspect | *t |
| nose | *(p-)xu |
| object, plural | *pa |
| object, unspec. (anim.) | *ñ- |
| perceive | *kʷi |
| possessive prefix (inal.) | *ñ |
| prefixes (trans.) | *-, *m, *Ø |
| priest | *maː(y) |
| pronominal prefixes (stative) | *ñ, *m-, *w- |
| pronominal subject | *ʔ-, *m-, *Ø |
| rabbit | *pxar |
| reed | *xta |
| relative pronoun | *ña-/*ya |
| relativizer | *kʷ- |
| salt | *-ʔiR (< *s-ʔiR) |
| say | *ʔi |
| shaman | *-maː(y) |
| sit | *waː |
| skunk | *-xʷiw |
| sleep | *ṣma |
| son (w.s.) | *s-ʔaːw ? |
| star | *xmṣi |
| subject suffix | *-č; *-m |
| sun, day | *paR |
| that | *-ña/*-ya |
| there | *ña/*ya |
| thing, something | *ʔ-č |
| third person | *ña-/*ya |
| this | *p-u |
| thorn | *ʔ-ta(ː)t |
| three | *x-muk |
| to blow | *p-č/sul |
| tongue | *ʔimpal; *(y)pal; *-paR |
| two | *x-wak |
| water | *-xa(ʔ); *si |
| we | *ña-p |
| wife | *ku/*ki |
| wing | *waR |
| woman | *ki/*ku; *siñʔak |
| word | *maR |
| yes | *xaː |
