Maricopa language
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| Maricopa | ||
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| Piipaash chuukwer / Xalychidoma chuukwer | ||
| Spoken in | USA | |
| Region | Arizona | |
| Total speakers | 181 (1990) 160 (2000) |
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| Language family | Yuman
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | mrc | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Maricopa language is spoken by the Native American tribe Maricopa, near Phoenix, Arizona.
[edit] Grammar
Maricopa is a Subject Object Verb language, with six or seven cases. It makes no grammatical gender distinction.
[edit] References
- Gordon, Lynn (1986). Maricopa Morphology and Syntax. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Ethnologue entry for Maricopa
- Rosetta Project entry for Maricopa
[edit] External links
- Maricopa language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
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