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ALSO KNOWN AS		Maara'yam püvüravk, Serran, Kitanemuk
CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ser
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Serrano Vanyume Kitanemuk Tongva/Pipimarra'yam
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Information from: “Serrano” . The Limu Project

Awakening
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"Limu is actively developing curriculum, classes, and media for many Serrano dialects."

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
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Only a very few older people are speakers, none completely fluent.

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California: Serrano descendants live mainly at the San Manuel Reservation near San Bernardino, also a number of Serranos have intermarried with the Cahuillas at the Morongo and Soboba Reservations.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native speakers worldwide

Awakening
SEMI SPEAKERS
a few
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Only a very few older people are speakers, none completely fluent (Golla 2007)."

DATE OF INFO: 2007

TRANSMISSION

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"Active language program at San Miguel."

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Shifted to English [eng]."

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Southern California, San Bernardino and San Gorgonio Pass area."

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California

Dormant
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Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No known L1 speakers.

MORE ON VITALITY

Only a very few older people are speakers, none completely fluent

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

PLACES: USA: California

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: California: south, San Bernardino and San Gorgonio Pass area.

0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.														34.5,-117.0
			Serrano						Banning	http://www.limuproject.org/language/serrano	The Limu Project				Awakening	"Limu is actively developing curriculum, classes, and media for many Serrano dialects."				Awakening ()
		2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	Ø			No known L1 speakers.		English		Dormant ()		Only a very few older people are speakers, none completely fluent	California: south, San Bernardino and San Gorgonio Pass area.	USA: California
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher		Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.	0			Only a very few older people are speakers, none completely fluent.				Dormant ()				USA	California: Serrano descendants live mainly at the San Manuel Reservation near San Bernardino, also a number of Serranos have intermarried with the Cahuillas at the Morongo and Soboba Reservations.
	2nd edition	2010	Endangered Languages of the United States	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing	108-130	Christopher Moseley		UNESCO	Paris		Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell	Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.												USA	California	34.1212,-117.2221
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.	1		1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig		SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		2007	Awakening	"Only a very few older people are speakers, none completely fluent (Golla 2007)."	a few		"Shifted to English [eng]."	Awakening ()	15	"Active language program at San Miguel."		USA	"Southern California, San Bernardino and San Gorgonio Pass area."

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