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ALSO KNOWN AS		Agua Caliente
CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cup
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Information from: “Cupeño” . The Limu Project

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"Cupeño means 'one from Kupa.' They are actually the Kuupangaxwichem, the 'people from the sleeping place.' The sleeping place was their traditional homeland at Warner's Hot Springs, but following the massacre there the survivors were relocated (along with Luiseno families) to what is now the Pala Reservation. Limu is conducting linguistic research in the language of the Kuupangaxwichem to develop resources that will assist their revitalization efforts."

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The last fluent speaker of Cupeño died in 1987 at the age of 94, although several people still remember a few words and phrases and there is one elderly semi-speaker.

PLACES: California

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: On the rancheria at Pala.

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Ethnic population
20
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"Last speaker died in 1987 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 20 (2000 census)."

DATE OF INFO: 2007

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Shifted to English [eng]."

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Near the Pala reservation, north of Valley Center, California."

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Last known fluent speaker passed away in 1987

		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.		20	0	2007		"Last speaker died in 1987 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 20 (2000 census)."		"Shifted to English [eng]."	Dormant ()	USA	"Near the Pala reservation, north of Valley Center, 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.												33.1666666667,-116.5
			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			The last fluent speaker of Cupeño died in 1987 at the age of 94, although several people still remember a few words and phrases and there is one elderly semi-speaker.	1		Dormant ()	California	On the rancheria at Pala.
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages				Routledge	Abingdon		Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub		0			Last known fluent speaker passed away in 1987			Dormant
				Cupeño					Banning	http://www.limuproject.org/language/cupeno	The Limu Project						Awakening	"Cupeño means 'one from Kupa.' They are actually the Kuupangaxwichem, the 'people from the sleeping place.' The sleeping place was their traditional homeland at Warner's Hot Springs, but following the massacre there the survivors were relocated (along with Luiseno families) to what is now the Pala Reservation. Limu is conducting linguistic research in the language of the Kuupangaxwichem to develop resources that will assist their revitalization efforts."			Awakening ()

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