Pima Bajo
O'ob No'ok
Native toMexico
RegionChihuahua, Sonora
EthnicityPima Bajo
Native speakers
740 (2015)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pia
Glottologpima1248
ELPO'ob
Chihuahua Lower Pima is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Pima Bajo (Mountain Pima, Lowland Pima, Nevome) is a Mexican indigenous language of the Piman branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, spoken by around 1,000 speakers in northern Mexico. The language is called O'ob No'ok by its speakers. The closest related languages are O'odham (Pima and Papago) and the O'othams.

There are three major communities in the O'ob No'ok region (Yepachic, Maycoba [es] and Yécora), but many of the people live in small outlying hamlets and on isolated family ranches rather than the larger towns.

Phonology

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Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i ɨ ɨː u
Mid o
Open a

Consonants

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Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative v s h
Nasal m n
Rhotic r
Approximant l

Morphology

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Zarina Estrada-Fernández studied the language, publishing an overview of its grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. She identified consistent dialectal differences between communities in the region, especially between villages in Sonora and those in Chihuahua. Pima Bajo is an agglutinative language, where words use suffix-complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.[3]

Dialects

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References

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  1. ^ Pima Bajo at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Estrada Fernandez, Zarina (2014). Gramática de referencia del pima bajo. Universidad de Sonora.
  3. ^ Estrada-Fernández, Zarina. 1998. Pima bajo de Yepachi, Chihuahua (Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México). Colegio de México.
  4. ^ "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales".
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