Eudeve language
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| Eudeve | |
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| Dóhmenerít | |
 Buckingham Smith's translated account of the Heve Language | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Sonora |
| Ethnicity | Eudeve |
| Extinct | 1930s[1] |
Uto-Aztecan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | eud |
opt Eudeve | |
| Glottolog | eude1234 |
| ELP | Eudeve |
Eudeve is a Southern Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken in Mexico, in the north of Sonora.[2] The language, which is part of the Taracahitic branch, is known in colonial-era manuscripts. Close to the Opata language, it is distinct.[3] It has been extinct since the 1930s.
Phonology
[edit]Here is the inventory of the consonants of Eudeve reconstructed by David L. Shaul.[4]
Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Dental | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occlusive | voiceless | p p | t t | k k | ʔ ʔ | ||
| voiced | b b | d d | g g | ||||
| Fricative | v v | s s | h h | ||||
| Affricate | č tʃ | ||||||
| Nasal | m m | n n | |||||
| Liquid | r r | l l | |||||
| Semivowel | w w | ||||||
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Eudeve at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Smith, Buckingham (1861). A grammatical sketch of the Heve language. The Library of Congress. New York, Cramoisy press.
- ^ Ethnologue.com confused Eudeve and Opata until 2023. See Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.[This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue] for more information.
- ^ Shaul 1983.
Bibliography
[edit]- Shaul, David L. (1983-01-01). "The Position of Opata and Eudeve In Uto-Aztecan". Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics. doi:10.17161/KWPL.1808.480. hdl:1808/480. ISSN 1043-3805.
External links
[edit]- Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.[This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue]
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