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ALSO KNOWN AS		Chamtéela, Luiseño-Juaneño
CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lui
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		San Luís Rey San Juan Capistrano Juaneño
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Information from: “Language Revitalization: American Indian Language Chamtéela Luiseño” . Pechanga Tribal Government Pechanga Banda of Luiseño Indians

Awakening
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"Culturally significant, academically sound, and socially appropriate education for Native American children is possible. With guidance and support from elders, and the helping hand of dedicated teams and technology, the Pechanga Tribe is teaching our children our language, songs, stories and traditions."

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,500 Luiseño and Juaneño descendents
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Today, there are no first-language speakers.

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California: Traditionally spoken on the San Luis Rey River, from the coast to its headwaters above Lake Henshaw, and to the south, as well as on the upper Santa Margarita River and around Lake Elsinore-Temecula.

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5-10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,500
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Between 5 and 10 elderly speakers or semi-speakers of Luiseño remain.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5-10
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California

Awakening
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Unfortunately, all fluent Luiseño speakers in the Pauma community have passed on. It is critical to our tribe to revitalize our language. Some of our revitalization efforts include assisting tribal speakers in improving their skills in speaking and teaching the language so that new speakers are continually evolving. The Pauma band works with many partners to promote Luiseño language revitalization and has established partnerships with First Voices, the Indigenous Language Institute , and Palomar College.

Our revitalization efforts also include the use of online resources and website technology training. Our partnership with Palomar College delivers hands on online language courses that have been successfully used by many of our tribal members.

Future plans include the development of a radio station that will use the Luiseño language for public service announcements and language development."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,500
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Golla 2007.)
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2007

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southern California

		2007	North America	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	1-96	C. Moseley		London & New York: Routledge				Victor Golla	Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		5-10		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			USA	California
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.										USA	California	33.3333333333,-117.166666667
			Luiseño Language					Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians	Pauma Valley		http://www.paumatribe.com/culture/luiseno-language/							Awakening	"Unfortunately, all fluent Luiseño speakers in the Pauma community have passed on. It is critical to our tribe to revitalize our language. Some of our revitalization efforts include assisting tribal speakers in improving their skills in speaking and teaching the language so that new speakers are continually evolving. The Pauma band works with many partners to promote Luiseño language revitalization and has established partnerships with First Voices, the Indigenous Language Institute , and Palomar College. Our revitalization efforts also include the use of online resources and website technology training. Our partnership with Palomar College delivers hands on online language courses that have been successfully used by many of our tribal members. Future plans include the development of a radio station that will use the Luiseño language for public service announcements and language development."	Awakening ()
		2015	Survey of California and other Indian Languages				website: http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/languages/luiseno.php			University of California, Berkeley	http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/languages/		Survey of California and other Indian Languages. 2015. http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/languages.		2,500 Luiseño and Juaneño descendents	0	2002		Today, there are no first-language speakers.	Dormant ()			USA	California: Traditionally spoken on the San Luis Rey River, from the coast to its headwaters above Lake Henshaw, and to the south, as well as on the upper Santa Margarita River and around Lake Elsinore-Temecula.
			Language Revitalization: American Indian Language Chamtéela Luiseño					Pechanga Banda of Luiseño Indians	Temecula		http://www.pechanga-nsn.gov/index.php/culture/language-revitalization	Pechanga Tribal Government						Awakening	"Culturally significant, academically sound, and socially appropriate education for Native American children is possible. With guidance and support from elders, and the helping hand of dedicated teams and technology, the Pechanga Tribe is teaching our children our language, songs, stories and traditions."	Awakening ()
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		5		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			USA	California	33.4622,-117.1269
		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.		2,500	5-10		1-9	Between 5 and 10 elderly speakers or semi-speakers of Luiseño remain.	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15	USA	California
	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	33.4622,-117.1269
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			35		10-99		Severely 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.		2,500	5	2007	1-9	(Golla 2007.) (Unchanged 2016.)	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			USA	Southern California

Luiseño

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Awakening

Dormant

0

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5-10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5-10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Awakening

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Discussion

Luiseño

Language metadata

Language information by source

Awakening

Dormant

0

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5-10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5-10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Awakening

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

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