Mesoamerican linguistic area

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	linguistic area
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Mesoamerican_Sprachbund
gptkbp:characterizedBy	shared linguistic features
gptkbp:definedIn	shared areal features, not genetic relationship
gptkbp:firstDescribed	1960s
gptkbp:hasFeature	shared lexical items shared grammatical structures shared phonological features shared semantic calques
gptkbp:hasLanguage	gptkb:Totonic gptkb:Huave gptkb:Maya gptkb:Nahuatl gptkb:Tarascan gptkb:Zoquean Mixtec Totonac Zapotec Mixean
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mesoamerican linguistic area
gptkbp:influencedBy	long-term language contact
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Chibchan_languages gptkb:Totonic_languages gptkb:Mixe–Zoquean_languages gptkb:Oto-Manguean_languages gptkb:Mayan_languages gptkb:Uto-Aztecan_languages
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Mesoamerica
gptkbp:notableFeature	relational nouns vigesimal numeral system absence of verb-final word order non-verb-final syntax possessive constructions with body parts use of body-part terms as relational nouns
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Belize gptkb:El_Salvador gptkb:Guatemala southern Mexico western Honduras
gptkbp:studiedBy	gptkb:Terrence_Kaufman gptkb:Lyle_Campbell
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Proto-Mayan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6