ISO 639-3 · optopt
Uto-Aztecan family · extinct or historical language
Opata
Opata is an extinct or historical language of the Uto-Aztecan branch, spoken in Mexico. Wikidata describes it as “either of two closely-related extinct Uto-Aztecan languages, formerly spoken in Northern Mexico”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
opt- Glottocode
opat1246- Family
- Uto-Aztecan
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Opata |
|---|---|
| Also called | Opata language, Tegüima, Ópata, Dohema, Heve |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uto-Aztecan to Opata
The branches above Opata, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
43Uto-AztecanfamilyoptOpatalanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Mexico
spaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingqucK’iche’Central American Indian languages · 2 m4 · EducationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredzapZapotecCentral American Indian languages · 777,000yuaYucatec MayaCentral American Indian languages · 706,0005 · DevelopingrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedcakKaqchikelCentral American Indian languages · 500,0004 · EducationaltzoTzotzilCentral American Indian languages · 350,0006b · ThreatenedctuCh’olCentral American Indian languages · 180,0005 · Developing