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{{Short description|Extinct Uto-Aztecan languages of Mexico}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Ópata
| name = Ópata
| ethnicity = [[Opata people|Opata]]
|states=[[Mexico]] (traditionally [[Sonora|Sonora state]], now possibly [[Mexican Federal District|D.F.]])
| region = Sonora, Mexico & Arizona, U.S.
|extinct=pronounced extinct ca. 1930 but 15 speakers allegedly found by INI in 1993. Accepted as extinct in 2010 by ''Ethnologue''.
|familycolor=Uto-Aztecan
| familycolor = Uto-Aztecan
|fam1=[[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]]
| fam1 = [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]]
|fam2=[[Opatan languages|Opatan]]
| fam2 = [[Southern Uto-Aztecan languages|Southern Uto-Aztecan]]
|iso3=opt
| lc1 = opt
| ld1 = Opata
⚫
|glotto=opat1247
| lc2 = eud
⚫
|glottorefname=Opata–Eudeve
| ld2 = Eudeve
⚫
| glotto = opat1247
⚫
| glottorefname = Opata–Eudeve
| ELP = 4927
| ELPname = Opata-Eudeve
}}
}}


'''Ópata''' (Also '''Teguima''', '''Eudeve''', '''Heve''', '''Dohema''') is either of two closely related [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] languages, '''Teguima''' and '''Eudeve''', spoken by the [[Opata people]] of northern central [[Sonora]] in [[Mexico]]. It was believed to be dead already in 1930, and [[Carl Sofus Lumholtz]] reported the Opata to have become "Mexicanized" and lost their language and customs already when traveling through Sonora in the 1890s, but in a recent (1993) survey by the [[Instituto Nacional Indigenista]] (Now INALI) fifteen people in the [[Mexican Federal District]] self identified as speakers of Ópata.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=opt]</ref> This may not mean however that the language is actually living, since linguistic nomenclature in Mexico is notoriously fuzzy. Sometimes Eudeve is called Opata, a term which should be restricted to Teguima. Eudeve (which is split into the '''Heve''' ('''Egue''') and '''Dohema''' dialects) and Teguima (Also called ''' Ópata''', '''Ore''') are distinct languages, but sometimes have been considered merely dialects of one single language.
'''Ópata''' (also '''Tegüima,''' '''Teguima, Tehuima, Tehui''', '''Eudeve, Eudeva''', '''Heve''', '''Dohema, Jova, Joval, Tonichi, Sonori and Ure'''; {{lang-opt|Teguima}}) is either of two closely related [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] languages, ''Teguima'' and ''Eudeve'', spoken by the [[Opata people]] of northern central [[Sonora]] in [[Mexico]] and Southeast of Arizona in the United States. It was believed to be dead already in 1930, and [[Carl Sofus Lumholtz]] reported the Opata to have become "Mexicanized" and lost their language and customs already when traveling through Sonora in the 1890s.

[[File:A_grammatical_sketch_of_the_Heve_language_(IA_grammaticalsketc00smit).pdf|thumb|page=9|[[Buckingham Smith]]'s translated account of the Heve Language]]
[[Buckingham Smith]] translated ''Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language'' from an unpublished Spanish manuscript and it was published in 1861. In a 1993 survey by the [[Instituto Nacional Indigenista]], 15 people in the [[Mexican Federal District]] self-identified as speakers of Ópata.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=opt| title = Opata {{!}} Ethnologue}} </ref> This may not mean, however, that the language was actually living, since linguistic nomenclature in Mexico is notoriously fuzzy. Sometimes Eudeve is called Opata, a term which should be restricted to Teguima. ''Eudeve'' (which is split into the ''Heve'' (''Egue'') and ''Dohema'' dialects) and ''Teguima'' (also called ''Ópata'', ''Ore'') are distinct languages, but sometimes have been considered merely dialects of one single language. The [[INALI]] (Mexican National Institute for Indigenous Languages) does not count Opata among the currently extant indigenous languages of Mexico.<ref>[http://site.inali.gob.mx/pdf/libro_lenguas_indigenas_nacionales_en_riesgo_de_desaparicion.pdf INALI]</ref>

Although the Opata Nation, an [[unrecognized tribe]], considers the language inactive, they are in the process of its language revitalization.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} The Fundación OPATA-TEGUIMA launched the first-ever Opata Living Dictionary in 2021 in collaboration with Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.

==Classification==
Opata had long been considered to be part of the [[Taracahitic languages]], but this is no longer considered a valid genetic unit.<ref>Shaul, D. L. (2014). A Prehistory of Western North America: The Impact of Uto-Aztecan Languages. UNM Press.</ref><ref>Hill, J. H. (2011). Subgrouping in Uto-Aztecan. Language Dynamics and Change, 1(2), 241-278.</ref><ref>De Wolf, P. (2001). Eudeve and Opata: a reassessment of their classification. Avances y balances de lenguas yutoaztecas, ed. by JL Moctezuma-Zamarrón and JH Hill, 237-65.</ref><ref>Shaul, D. L. (1983). The position of Opata and Eudeve in Uto-Aztecan. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics. Vol. 8, No. 2</ref>


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
Opata is an [[agglutinative]] language, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several [[morpheme]]s strung together.
Opata is an [[agglutinative]] language, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several [[morpheme]]s strung together.
[[File:Vocab lengua opata (1).pdf|thumb|page=3|Vocabulary of the Opata language of unknown date and origin, part of the collection of the [[Cervantine Library]] in [[Monterrey]]]]


==References==
==References==

{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*Lombardo, Natal. 1702. "Arte de la Lengua Teguima vulgarmente llamada Opata". México: Miguel de Ribera.
*Lombardo, Natal. 1702. "Arte de la Lengua Teguima vulgarmente llamada Opata". México: Miguel de Ribera.
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[[Category:Agglutinative languages]]
[[Category:Uto-Aztecan languages]]
[[Category:Southern Uto-Aztecan languages]]
[[Category:Indigenous languages of Mexico]]
[[Category:Indigenous languages of Mexico]]
[[Category:Extinct languages of North America]]
[[Category:Extinct languages of North America]]
[[Category:Endangered Uto-Aztecan languages]]
[[Category:Endangered Uto-Aztecan languages]]
[[Category:Languages extinct in the 2010s]]
[[Category:2010 disestablishments in Mexico]]
[[Category:Opata]]

Latest revision as of 08:40, 2 May 2024

Ópata
RegionSonora, Mexico & Arizona, U.S.
EthnicityOpata
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
opt – Opata
eud – Eudeve
Glottologopat1247
ELPOpata-Eudeve

Ópata (also Tegüima, Teguima, Tehuima, Tehui, Eudeve, Eudeva, Heve, Dohema, Jova, Joval, Tonichi, Sonori and Ure; Opata: Teguima) is either of two closely related Uto-Aztecan languages, Teguima and Eudeve, spoken by the Opata people of northern central Sonora in Mexico and Southeast of Arizona in the United States. It was believed to be dead already in 1930, and Carl Sofus Lumholtz reported the Opata to have become "Mexicanized" and lost their language and customs already when traveling through Sonora in the 1890s.

Buckingham Smith's translated account of the Heve Language

Buckingham Smith translated Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language from an unpublished Spanish manuscript and it was published in 1861. In a 1993 survey by the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 15 people in the Mexican Federal District self-identified as speakers of Ópata.[1] This may not mean, however, that the language was actually living, since linguistic nomenclature in Mexico is notoriously fuzzy. Sometimes Eudeve is called Opata, a term which should be restricted to Teguima. Eudeve (which is split into the Heve (Egue) and Dohema dialects) and Teguima (also called Ópata, Ore) are distinct languages, but sometimes have been considered merely dialects of one single language. The INALI (Mexican National Institute for Indigenous Languages) does not count Opata among the currently extant indigenous languages of Mexico.[2]

Although the Opata Nation, an unrecognized tribe, considers the language inactive, they are in the process of its language revitalization.[citation needed] The Fundación OPATA-TEGUIMA launched the first-ever Opata Living Dictionary in 2021 in collaboration with Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.

Classification[edit]

Opata had long been considered to be part of the Taracahitic languages, but this is no longer considered a valid genetic unit.[3][4][5][6]

Morphology[edit]

Opata is an agglutinative language, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.

Vocabulary of the Opata language of unknown date and origin, part of the collection of the Cervantine Library in Monterrey

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Opata | Ethnologue".
  2. ^ INALI
  3. ^ Shaul, D. L. (2014). A Prehistory of Western North America: The Impact of Uto-Aztecan Languages. UNM Press.
  4. ^ Hill, J. H. (2011). Subgrouping in Uto-Aztecan. Language Dynamics and Change, 1(2), 241-278.
  5. ^ De Wolf, P. (2001). Eudeve and Opata: a reassessment of their classification. Avances y balances de lenguas yutoaztecas, ed. by JL Moctezuma-Zamarrón and JH Hill, 237-65.
  6. ^ Shaul, D. L. (1983). The position of Opata and Eudeve in Uto-Aztecan. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics. Vol. 8, No. 2
  • Lombardo, Natal. 1702. "Arte de la Lengua Teguima vulgarmente llamada Opata". México: Miguel de Ribera.
  • Lombardo, Natal. n.d., ca. 1702. Arte de la Lengua Teguima vulgarmente llamada Opata. Ayer ms. 1641. Newberry Library, Chicago.
  • Loaysa, Balthasar, unknown year, Arte de la lengua hegue. Ms. in Bibliothèque Nationale, París; copia de W.E. Gates en la Ayer Collection, Newberry Library, Chicago.
  • Lionnet, Andrés. 1979. El lexico del eudeve. Mimeography. Friends of Uto-Aztecan Working Conference, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, June 23. : .
  • Miller, Wick R., 1983, "A Note on Extinct Languages of Northwest Mexico of Supposed Uto-Aztecan Affiliation", International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 49, No. 3, Papers Presented at a Symposium on Uto-Aztecan Historical Linguistics (Jul., 1983), pp. 328–334
  • Shaul, David Leedom, 1989 "Teguima (Opata) phonology", Southwestern Journal of Linguistics 9:150-162. ...
  • Shaul, David Leedom, 1990, "Teguima (Opata) Inflectional Morphology", International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Oct., 1990), pp. 561–573
  • Smith, Buckingham
  • Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language at Project Gutenberg
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