Southern O’odham varieties

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Southern O’odham varieties are the southern dialects of the O’odham language spoken primarily in parts of the Sonoran Desert region of the United States and Mexico.

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Southern O’odham varieties canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Southern Uto-Aztecan language variety
dialect group
areEndangered true
areMinorityLanguageIn Mexico
United States
areMutuallyIntelligibleWith other O’odham dialects
areOralTraditionDominant true
closelyRelatedTo Northern O’odham varieties
Pima Bajo language
hasAncestor Proto-Tepiman language
linked to: Tepiman languages

Proto-Uto-Aztecan language
linked to: Proto-Uto-Aztecan
hasBranch Tepiman languages
hasDialectContinuumWith Northern O’odham varieties
hasEthnolinguisticIdentity O’odham cultural identity
hasLanguageFamily Uto-Aztecan language family
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order tendency
agglutinative morphology
postpositions
stress accent
verb-heavy morphology
vowel length contrast
hasRegionType cross-border speech community
hasSubfamily Southern Uto-Aztecan
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
partOf O’odham language
linked to: O'odham languages
spokenBy Akimel O’odham people
linked to: Pima people

O’odham people
linked to: Pima people

Tohono O’odham people
linked to: Tohono O'odham
spokenIn Arizona
Mexico
Sonora
Sonoran Desert
United States
subclassOf O’odham dialects
subjectOf O’odham language revitalization efforts
usedFor everyday communication in some communities
ritual and ceremonial speech
traditional oral narratives
usedIn community radio and media in some areas
indigenous education programs

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O’odham language continuum hasPart Southern O’odham varieties