Teguima language

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The Teguima language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Opata people of northern Mexico.

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Teguima language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
extinct language
language
alternativeName Opata-Teguima
linked to: Opata

Teguima
associatedPeople Opata nation
branchOf Cahitan–Opata branch
classificationStatus well-attested but extinct
closelyRelatedTo Eudeve language
Opata language
continent North America
country Mexico
documentedBy Spanish missionaries
ethnicGroup Opata
extinctionCause language shift to Spanish
geographicDistribution interior Sonora
linked to: Sonora
historicalPeriodOfUse colonial era
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageFamilyBranch Taracahitic languages
languageFamilyHigher Aztecan branch of Uto-Aztecan
languageShiftTo Spanish language
region northwestern Mexico
linked to: Northwestern Mexico
spokenBy Opata people
spokenIn Sonora
northern Mexico
status extinct
subfamily Southern Uto-Aztecan languages
type indigenous language of the Americas
usedBy Opata communities along the Yaqui River
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Opata language hasAlternativeName Teguima language