Yavapai language

Yavapai
Yavapai
Region	Arizona, United States
Ethnicity	1,420 Yavapai people (2004)
Native speakers	245 (2015 census)
Language family	Yuman Core Yuman Pai Yavapai; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yuf Havasupai‑Walapai‑Yavapai
Glottolog	hava1248 Havasupai‑Walapai‑Yavapai; yava1252 Yavapai

Yavapai is an Upland Yuman language, spoken by Yavapai people in central and western Arizona. There are four dialects: Kwevkepaya, Wipukpaya, Tolkepaya, and Yavepe. Linguistic studies of the Kwevkepaya (Southern), Tolkepaya (Western), Wipukepa (Verde Valley), and Yavepe (Prescott) dialects have been published (Mithun 1999:578).

Yavapai was once spoken across much of north-central and western Arizona, but is now mostly spoken on the Yavapai reservations at Fort McDowell, the Verde Valley and Prescott.

^ Havasupai‑Walapai‑Yavapai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Yavapai at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)

[e18-1] Havasupai‑Walapai‑Yavapai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[e19-2] Yavapai at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)

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