Cocopa
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Cocopa is a Native American tribe that emigated from Baja California, Mexico, and settled on the lower reaches of the Colorado River. They are a Yuman people. About 600 members live on the 6000 acre (24 km²) Cocopah Reservation southwest of Yuma, Arizona, USA. There is a casino and bingo hall. Another Yuman tribe, the Quechan, lives in the adjacent Ft. Yuma Reservation.
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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 consonants:
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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| plain | labial | |||||||
| Stop | ||||||||
| Affricate | ||||||||
| Nasal | ||||||||
| Trill | ||||||||
| Fricative | central | |||||||
| lateral | ||||||||
| Approximant | central | |||||||
| lateral | ||||||||
Vowels
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Bibliography
- 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.