Eudeve language

Eudeve
Dóhmenerít
Buckingham Smith's translated account of the Heve Language
Native to	Mexico
Region	Sonora
Ethnicity	Eudeve
Extinct	1930s [1]
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Southern Uto-Aztecan Opatan (Opata–Eudeve) Eudeve
Dialects	Heve Dohema
Language codes
ISO 639-3	eud
Linguist List	opt Eudeve
Glottolog	eude1234
ELP	Eudeve

Eudeve is a Southern Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken in Mexico, in the north of Sonora. ^[2] The language, which is part of the Taracahitic branch, is known in colonial-era manuscripts. Close to the Opata language, it is distinct. ^[3] It has been extinct since the 1930s.

Phonology

Here is the inventory of the consonants of Eudeve reconstructed by David L. Shaul. ^[4]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Occlusive	voiceless	p p	t t			k k	ʔ ʔ
	voiced	b b	d d			g g
Fricative		v v	s s				h h
Affricate					č tʃ
Nasal		m m	n n
Liquid			r r	l l
Semivowel		w w

See also

• Opata people

References

• language portal
• Mexico portal

1. Eudeve at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Smith, Buckingham (1861). A grammatical sketch of the Heve language. The Library of Congress. New York, Cramoisy press.
3. Ethnologue.com confused Eudeve and Opata until 2023. See Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.^{[ This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue ]} for more information.
4. Shaul 1983.

Bibliography

• Shaul, David L. (1983-01-01). "The Position of Opata and Eudeve In Uto-Aztecan". Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics. doi:10.17161/KWPL.1808.480. ISSN   1043-3805.

External links

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.^{[ This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue ]}