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DIH ISO 639-3

Kumiai

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Campo, Cochimí, Comeya, Cuchimí, Diegueño, Jamul Diegueño, Jamul Tiipay, Kamia, Kamiai, Kamiyahi, Kamiyai, Ki-Miai, Ko’al, Ku’ahl, Kumeyaai, Kumeyaay, Kumia, Kw’aal, Quemayá, Tiipay, Tipai’, Tipái, Tipéi
Population
290 in Mexico (2011 UNSD). No monolinguals (1993). Total users in all countries: 440.
Location:
Baja California state: Cañon de los Encinos, Ja’áa, La Huerta de los Indios, Rancho Nejí, San Antonio Nécua, and San José de la Zorra; mountains southeast of Tecate, 60 km east of Ensenada.
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Classification
Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman, Delta-California
Typology
Case-marking; 26 consonants and 9 vowels; alienable/inalienable possession.
Language Use
Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kumiai
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments
Different from the extinct Cochimí language.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Kumiai
User Population
150 in United States (Golla 2007). 40–50 fluent speakers of Kumeyaay, 100 speakers of Tipai, a few elderly people speak Ipai (Golla 2007).
Location
California: east of San Diego and some in Imperial Valley.
Dialects
Ipai, Tipai (Jamul Tiipay), Kumeyaay.
Language Status
8a (Moribund)
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Location: Baja California state: Cañon de los Encinos, Ja’áa, La Huerta de los Indios, Rancho Nejí, San Antonio Nécua, and San José de la Zorra; mountains southeast of Tecate, 60 km east of Ensenada.