Eudeve Language
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Eudeve is a Southern
Uto-Aztecan language The Uto-Aztecan languages are a family of native American languages, consisting of over thirty languages. Uto-Aztecan languages are found almost entirely in the Western United States and Mexico. The name of the language family reflects the common ...
formerly spoken in
Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
, in the north of
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
. The language, which is part of the Taracahitic branch, is known in colonial-era manuscripts. Close to the
Opata language Ópata (also Tegüima, Teguima, Tehuima, Tehui, Jova, Joval, Tonichi, Sonori and Ure; ) is either of two closely related Uto-Aztecan languages, ''Teguima'' and '' Eudeve'', spoken by the Opata people of northern central Sonora in Mexico and South ...
, it is distinct. Ethnologue.com confused Eudeve and Opata until 2023. See for more information. It has been extinct since the 1930s.


Phonology

Here is the inventory of the consonants of Eudeve reconstructed by David L. Shaul.


Consonants


See also

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Opata people The Opata (, /ˈopata/) are an Indigenous people in Mexico. Opata territory, the "Opatería" in Spanish, encompasses the mountainous northeast and central part of the state of Sonora, extending to near the border with the United States. Historica ...


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* {{UtoAztecan-lang-stub Languages extinct in the 1930s