The Yuman–Cochimí languages are a family of languages spoken in Baja California , northern Sonora , southern California , and western Arizona . Cochimí is no longer spoken as of the late 18th century, and most other Yuman languages are threatened.
5-670: There are approximately a dozen Yuman languages. The dormant Cochimí , 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 called Yuman–Cochimí , with Yuman being the extra-Cochimí languages. Cochimí is now dormant . Cucapá is the Spanish name for the Cocopa. Diegueño is the Spanish name for Ipai–Kumeyaay–Tipai, now often referred to collectively as Kumeyaay . Upland Yuman consists of several mutually intelligible dialects spoken by
10-584: Is the Lord's Prayer in the dialect of San Ignacio Kadakaamán, recorded by Francisco Javier Clavijero from the work of the missionaries Barco and Ventura, which has been lost. Va-bappà amma-bang miamù, ma-mang-à-juà huit maja tegem: Amat-ma-thadabajuà ucuem: Kem-mu-juà amma-bang vahi-mang amat-à-nang la-uahim. Teguap ibang gual gùieng-à-vit-à-juà iban-à-nang packagit: muht-pagijuà abadakegem, machi uayecg-juà packabaya-guem: Kazet-à-juangamue-gnit-pacum: guang mayi-acg packabanajam. Amén. The phonology of
15-713: The Colorado River region. It is thought to be the most divergent language of the family, which is generally called Yuman–Cochimí to reflect this. Based on glottochronology studies, the separation between Cochimi and the Yuman languages is believed to have occurred about 1000 BC. Cochimí is also known as Laimón , Cadegomeño , Cochimtee , Cochetimi , Cochima , Didiu , Laymonem , Laymon-Cochimi , San Javier , San Xavier , San Joaquín , San Francesco Saverio Mission , San Francisco Xavier de Viggé-Biaundo Mission , Peninsula Yuman , Cadegomeno and Laymon . Following
20-556: The 18th century. It seems to have become extinct around the beginning of the 20th century. (Modern "Cochimi"-speakers are actually speakers of Kumiai .) There were two main dialects, northern and southern; the dividing line was approximately at the Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán , in the north of present-day Baja California Sur . The Jesuit texts establish that the language was related to the Yuman languages of
25-506: The politically distinct Yavapai, Hualapai, and Havasupai. Mauricio Mixco of the University of Utah points to a relative lack of reconstructible Proto-Yuman terms for aquatic phenomena as evidence against a coastal, lacustrine, or riverine Urheimat . Proto-Yuman reconstructions by Mixco (1978): Cochim%C3%AD language Cochimí was once the language of the greater part Baja California , as attested by Jesuit documents of
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