Jova

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Jova is a dialect of the Opata language historically spoken by Indigenous people in northern Mexico.

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Jova canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of the Opata language
alternativeName Jova Opata
associatedWith Opata people
closelyRelatedTo Opata
country Mexico
endangermentStatus extinct or nearly extinct
ethnicGroup Indigenous peoples of northern Mexico
hasLinguisticFeature shares lexical items with Opata
shares phonological features with Opata
historicalStatus historically spoken
ISOStatus has no individual ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Southern Uto-Aztecan languages
Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageFamilyBranch Cahitan–Opata branch
region northern Mexico
linked to: Northern Mexico
spokenIn Chihuahua
Sonora
subdivisionOf Opata language
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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