Takic languages

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.

Takic
Geographic
distribution
southern California
Linguistic classificationUto-Aztecan
  • Northern
    • Takic
Subdivisions
GlottologNone
Takic languages and dialects as classified by Victor Golla

List of Takic languages

Classification

  • Serrano-Gabrielino
Serran
Serrano
Kitanemuk
Tongva
  • Cupan
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.

gollark: Not really. They could have table.copy but they don't.
gollark: Besides, passing by reference? Evil.
gollark: Well, strings are immutable.
gollark: Play along.
gollark: Perhaps... you should not.

References


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