Takic languages

Takic
Geographic
distribution:
southern California
Linguistic classification:

Uto-Aztecan

Subdivisions:
Glottolog: None
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The Takic languages are a putative group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken by Californian Native Americans in southern California. The Takic languages appear to be two distinct branches of Uto-Aztecan, Serran and Cupan, with similarities due to borrowing.

List of Takic languages

Classification

Serran
Serrano
Kitanemuk
Tongva
Cahuilla-Cupeño
Cahuilla
Cupeño
Luiseño-Juaneño

Morphology

Takic languages are agglutinative languages, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.

References

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