Language
Cocopa is a Delta Yuman language of the Yuman-Cochimí language family spoken by Cocopa peoples. It is still being learned by children.
Sounds
Consonants
Cocopa has 21 Consonant s:
- is usually a trill but sometimes is a Flap .
- are Postalveolar (palato-alveolar). are Palatalized alveolar consonants.
- is usually palatalized but unlike it does not contrast with a non-palatalized .
Vowels
Cocopa has 4 Vowel s.
Cocopa has both Short and long vowels.
Syllable & Phonotactics
The Cocopa Syllable :
:
- Word-initial two-consonant clusters usually consist of a fricative plus another consonant, e.g. . Rarer two-consonant clusters start with a lateral or a stop consonant, e.g. .
- Three-consonant clusters are rare, recorded examples include .
Grammar
External links
Bibliography
- Crawford, James M. (1970). Cocopa baby talk. ''International Journal of American linguistics'', ''36'', 9-13.
- Crawford, James M. (1978). More on Cocopa baby talk. ''International Journal of American linguistics'', ''44'', 17-23.
- Crawford, James M. (1989). ''Cocopa dictionary''. University of California publications in linguistics (Vol. 114). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-5200-9749-1.
- Crawford, James M. (1983). ''Cocopa texts''. University of California publications in linguistics (Vol. 100). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-5200-9652-5.
- Crawford, James M. (1998). Classificatory verbs in Cocopa. In L. Hinton & P. Munro (Eds.), ''American Indian languages: Description and theory'' (pp. 5-9). Berkeley: University of California.
- Kelly, William H. (1977). ''Cocopa ethnography''. Anthropological papers of the University of Arizona (No. 29). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-0496-2.
- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). ''The languages of Native North America''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
- Wares, Alan C. (1968). ''A comparative study of Yuman consonantism''. Janua linguarum, Series practica (No. 57). The Hauge: Mouton.
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