Endangered Languages Project - San Francisco Bay Costanoan

San Francisco Bay Costanoan

^{[aka Čočenyo, Northern Costanoan, Northern Ohlone]}

Classification: Utian

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awakening

ALSO KNOWN AS		Čočenyo, Northern Costanoan, Northern Ohlone, Chocheño, Chochenyo, Costanoan
CLASSIFICATION		Utian, Costanoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cst
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Costanoan (Ohlone) is a language family with 6 closely related languages or dialect clusters. All are extinct; many varieties are very poorly attested; only Mutsun, Rumsen, and Chocheño have reasonably accurate documentation. Chocheño is a variety of San Francisco Bay Costanoan (together with Tamyen and Ramaytush, poorly attested dialects). Mutsun and Rumsen are often classified together as members of Southern Costanoan (which Ethnologue gives the name Southern Ohlone [css], and treats as a single language.

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Awakening
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. Last fluent speakers in the 18th or early 19th centuries."

MORE ON VITALITY

"Revitalization work in progress: all ages attend workshops in the language. Many consider themselves speakers because they can converse in the language."

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "North central California, Monterrey and San Benito counties."

Awakening
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 2002, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Language Committee was established and began the quest to restore our Tribe's Native Muwekma Ohlone Language. Silent for over 65 years, Čočenyo (Chochenyo) was spoken for the first time by Muwekma tribal members."

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