Maricopa language
Appearance
Maricopa | |
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Piipaash chuukwer / Xalychidoma chuukwer | |
Native to | USA |
Region | Arizona |
Native speakers | 181 (1990) |
Hokan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mrc |
ELP | Maricopa |
The Maricopa language is spoken by the Native American tribe Maricopa, near Phoenix, Arizona.
Grammar
Maricopa is a Subject Object Verb language, with six or seven cases. It makes no grammatical gender distinction.
References
- Gordon, Lynn (1986). Maricopa Morphology and Syntax. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Ethnologue entry for Maricopa
- Rosetta Project entry for Maricopa