User:Jiashudiwanjin/Maricopa language-DRAFT
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Grammar
[edit]Morphology
[edit]Maricopa forms are written in the Maricopa ortography used by Gordon. This orthography uses some digraphs instead of IPA symbols such as sh for [ʃ]. Epenthetic vowels are generally not written. Transcriptions inside phonemic slashes (//) or phonetic brackets ([]) are written in IPA.
- CVC roots. Suffix classes...
- Realis marking, k/m classes
- Evidentials
Syntax
[edit]- Basic SVO order. (True?)
- Switch reference system
Language status
[edit]- Decline, current status.
- Revitalization efforts.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Gil, David (1991). "Aristotle goes to Arizona, and finds a language without 'and'". In Zaefferer, D (ed.). Semantic universals and universal semantics. Berlin: Foris. pp. 96–130.
- Gordon, Lynn (1986). Maricopa Morphology and Syntax. Berkeley: University of California Press.
External links
[edit]- Ethnologue entry for Maricopa
- Rosetta Project entry for Maricopa
- Maricopa language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Category:Indigenous languages of the Southwestern United States
Category:Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest
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