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1081: 2010: 25: 215:. There are four dialects: Kwevkepaya, Wipukpaya, Tolkepaya, and Yavepe. Linguistic studies of the Kwevkepaya (Southern), Tolkepaya (Western), Wipukepa (Verde Valley), and Yavepe (Prescott) dialects have been published (Mithun 1999:578). 998:
There have been recordings of Yavapai (as well as other Yuman languages) done in 1974, relating to phonology, syntax, and grammar. This was meant to understand the three topics better and to hear them.
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Warren Gazzam, a Tolkapaya speaker, reported that "you know they (Hualapais) speak the same language as we do, some words or accents are a little different".
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There is an effort to revitalize the language. There is a Yavapai language program for adults to learn the language and pass on to future generations.
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Yavapai was once spoken across much of north-central and western Arizona, but is now mostly spoken on the Yavapai reservations at
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There are two tones on stressed syllables, high level and falling, which are neutralized to mid on unstressed syllables.
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Vowels occur short, mid and long in stressed syllables. The contrast is reduced to two lengths in unstressed syllables.
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Unlike in Havasupai and Hualapai, postaspirated stops cannot appear in word-initial position (Shaterian 1983:215).
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Poetry and stories have been published in Yavapai on several occasions. Yavapai poems are featured in
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Kendall, Martha (1974). "Relative Clause Formation and Topicalization in Yavapai".
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The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of
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Due to extensive cultural interchange, many Yavapai were once bilingual in
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There have been attempts to save the language in the Yavapai community.
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Mierau, Eric (January 1963). "Concerning Yavapai-Apache Bilingualism".
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Biggs, Bruce. 1957. Testing Intelligibility among Yuman Languages. In
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Alan Shaterian has published a dictionary of Northeastern Yavapai.
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Yavapai basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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Kendall, Martha Oaks (Burnett); Sine, Harold (2017-03-09).
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Indigenous languages of the Southwestern United States
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Spirit Mountain: An Anthology of Yuman Story and Song
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Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest
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Arizona
Yavapai people
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Yuman
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hava1248
yava1252
Upland Yuman language
Yavapai people
Arizona
Fort McDowell
Verde Valley
Prescott
Yavapai
Havasupai–Hualapai
Mohave
Maricopa
Apache
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