Hupa

E886294

Hupa is a Native American language of northern California traditionally spoken by the Hupa people along the Trinity River.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hupa canonical 16
Hupa cultural area 1
Hupa-Chilula 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
indigenous language of California
associatedWithReservation Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation
country United States
documentedBy Edward Sapir
Victor Golla
endangeredStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Hupa people
glottocode hupa1239
hasConsonantFeature ejective stops
lateral affricates
hasDialects Hoopa Valley Hupa
linked to: Hoopa Valley
hasGrammarFeature aspectual prefixes
classificatory verb stems
complex verb morphology
pronominal prefixes on verbs
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
prefixing verb morphology
hasNeighboringLanguage Chilula
Karuk
linked to: Karuk people

Whilkut
Yurok
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
toneless
hasVowelSystem small vowel inventory
hasWordOrder SOV
ISO639-3 hup
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
Na-Dene languages
linked to: Na-Dene
partOf Na-Dene language family
linked to: Na-Dene
region Hoopa Valley
revitalizationEfforts documentation projects
immersion programs
language classes
spokenAlong Trinity River
spokenIn United States
northern California
linked to: Northern California
subfamilyOf Pacific Coast Athabaskan
traditionalTerritory northwestern California
usedBy Hupa tribal community
usedIn ceremonial contexts
oral literature
traditional narratives
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.