Mohave

Facts

Language: Mohave
Alternate names: Mojave
Language code: mov
Language family: Cochimi-Yuman, Yuman, General Yuman, River Yuman
Number of speakers: 100
Vulnerability: Dormant [Read more...]
Script: Latin script.

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Introduction

Mojave or Mohave is the native language of the Mohave people along the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona, southeastern California, and southwestern Nevada.

The Mohave Verb

Verbs are typically denoted via the addition of the suffixes -k and -m

Tenses

Tenses are split up into present/past and future.
The past and present tense are marked by the usage of -k, -m, and -pc^.
The future tense is marked by the lack of any such marker.

Persons

1st person subjects are expressed through the usage of ?- while n^j represents first person arguments.
2nd person subjects and arguments are denoted by m-
3rd person is marked by the lack of either of the two.

Verblist

to bite -- ča=kʸoː-k
to burn -- ta=poːm-m
to come -- i=ðiː-k
to die -- i=puy-k
to eat -- ʔič=a=ma-m ~ ʔič=a=maː-m
to fly -- i=yer-k
to give -- ay-m ~ aay-m
to kill -- ta=puy-m
to know -- suːpaw-m
to lie -- i=ðik-k
to say -- i-m
to see -- i=yuː-k
to sit -- i=va-k
to sleep -- i=sma-m
to go -- i=ye-m-k