User:Jiashudiwanjin/Maricopa language-DRAFT

Grammar

Morphology

Maricopa forms are written in the Maricopa ortography used by Gordon. This orthography uses some digraphs instead of IPA symbols such as sh for [ʃ]. Epenthetic vowels are generally not written. Transcriptions inside phonemic slashes (//) or phonetic brackets ([]) are written in IPA.

• CVC roots. Suffix classes...

• Realis marking, k/m classes

• Evidentials

Syntax

• Basic SVO order. (True?)

• Switch reference system

Language status

• Decline, current status.

• Revitalization efforts.

References

• Gil, David (1991). "Aristotle goes to Arizona, and finds a language without 'and'". In Zaefferer, D (ed.). Semantic universals and universal semantics. Berlin: Foris. pp. 96–130.
• Gordon, Lynn (1986). Maricopa Morphology and Syntax. Berkeley: University of California Press.

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Maricopa
• Rosetta Project entry for Maricopa
• Maricopa language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages

Category:Indigenous languages of the Southwestern United States Category:Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest Category:Languages of the United States