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Hopi
Language
Hopilàvayi, Hand Talk
Country
Hopitutskwa
Hopi (Hopi: Hopílavayi) is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Hopi people (a Puebloan group) of northeastern Arizona, United States.
The use of Hopi has gradually declined over the course of the 20th century. In 1990, it was estimated that more than 5,000 people could speak Hopi as a native language (approximately 75% of the population), but only 40 of them were monolingual in Hopi. The 1998 language survey of 200 Hopi people showed that 100% of Hopi elders (60 years or older) were fluent, but fluency in adults (40–59) was only 84%, 50% in young adults (20–39), and 5% in children (2–19).[2]
Despite the apparent decline, Hopi and Navajo both are supported by bilingual education programs in Arizona, and children acquire the Native American languages as their first language.[3] More recently, Hopi language programs for children on the reservation have been implemented.[4]
^ abcHopi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^"Status of Hopi language". Archived from the original on 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
^"Dual-language programs grow in Arizona public schools". azednews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-08-17. Tuba City Unified Superintendent Dr. Harold Begay is devoted to seeing the Navajo and Hopi languages and cultures thrive long into the future through district programs.
^Sevigny, Melissa (17 August 2019). "Teaching To Protect The Hopi Language". NPR. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
Hopi (Hopi: Hopílavayi) is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Hopi people (a Puebloan group) of northeastern Arizona, United States. The use of Hopi...
under the Hopi Tribe's constitution and bylaws. The Hopi Reservation covers a land area of 2,531.773 sq mi (6,557.26 km2). The Hopilanguage belongs to...
The Hopi time controversy is the academic debate about how the Hopilanguage grammaticizes the concept of time, and about whether the differences between...
The Hopi Reservation (Hopi: Hopitutskwa) is a Native American reservation for the Hopi and Arizona Tewa people, surrounded entirely by the Navajo Nation...
Hopi katsina figures (Hopilanguage: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people...
humiliation. It no longer describes the world in which we live." In the Hopilanguage, the word koyaanisqatsi means "life out of balance". It is the first...
describing the Hopilanguage and made notable claims about its perception of time. He also conducted research on the Uto-Aztecan languages, publishing influential...
(which contrasts past, present and future tenses) with that of the Hopilanguage of North America, which Whorf analyzed as being based on a distinction...
sacred Pueblo clown is the Chiffoneti (called Payakyamu in Hopi, Kossa in the Tewa language, Koshare among the Keres people, Tabösh at Jemez, New Mexico...
and Naqoyqatsi (2002). The titles of the films are derived from the Hopilanguage, in which the word qatsi translates to "life." The series was produced...
study of time expressions in Hopi presented many examples that challenged Whorf's "timeless" interpretation of Hopilanguage and culture, but seemingly...
Guugu-Yimidhirr, Hopi, and Pirahã speakers. Whorf's conclusion was largely based upon a close examination and extensive study of the Hopi Indian language spoken...
final installment in the Qatsi trilogy. Naqoyqatsi is a Hopi word (written as naqö̀yqatsi in Hopi orthography) meaning "life as war". In the film's closing...
forefathers i.e. south). The cardinal directions of the Hopilanguage and the Tewa dialect spoken by the Hopi-Tewa are related to the places of sunrise and sunset...
of beliefs about witchcraft. Indigenous communities such as the Cherokee, Hopi, the Navajo among others, included in their folklore and beliefs malevolent...
Navajo loanwords compared to many other Native American languages, including the Hopilanguage, because the Navajo were among the most violent resisters...
work on the documentation of the Hopilanguage and culture, specifically for his refutation of the myth that the Hopi have no concept of time. He is professor...
(Wóó tsiitsʼiin/Yaaʼ tsiitsʼiiní) "skull insect" Other names include the Hopi qalatötö ("shiny bug"), the Spanish niño de la tierra ("child of the earth")...
The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Öngtupqa, Yavapai: Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Bidááʼ Haʼaztʼiʼ Tsékooh, Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, Spanish: Gran Cañón or Gran...
A sipapu (a Hopi word) was a small hole or indentation in the floor of a kiva (pithouse). Kivas were used by the Ancestral Puebloans and continue to be...
our people"; (lit. Ana = "different from us" + asaza = "the old ones"). Hopi people use the term Hisatsinom, meaning "ancient people", to describe the...
Francisco Peaks (Navajo: Dookʼoʼoosłííd, Spanish: Sierra de San Francisco, Hopi: Nuva'tukya'ovi, Western Apache: Dził Tso, Keres: Tsii Bina, Southern Paiute:...
Retrieved April 10, 2012. Hopi Dictionary/Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni:. Hopi-English Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect. The Hopi Dictionary Project. Tucson:...
for number. See Koasati language for details. In Hopi, dual nouns as subjects take the suffix -vit and singular verbs. Hopi does not have dual pronouns...
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