Kawaiisu

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Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.

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Label Occurrences
Kawaiisu canonical 10

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
Uto-Aztecan language
indigenous language of California
indigenous people of California
alsoKnownAs Tehachapi Indians
surface form: Caliente Indians

Kawaiisu-Tehachapi
Owens Valley Paiute
surface form: Paiute-Kawaiisu

Tehachapi, California
surface form: Tehachapi

Tehachapi Indians
closelyRelatedTo Southern Paiute language
Tübatulabal language
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
surface form: United States
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasGlottocode kawa1280
hasISO639-3Code xaw
hasLanguage Kawaiisu language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages

Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
modernReligion Christianity
nativeLanguage Kawaiisu language
recognizedBy United States Census as a Native American group
region California, United States
surface form: California

Tehachapi Mountains
southern Sierra Nevada
relatedEthnicGroup Chemehuevi
Kern River Yokuts
Southern Paiute people
surface form: Southern Paiute

Tübatulabal
spokenBy Kawaiisu self-linksurface differs
subfamily Numic languages
Numic languages
traditionalCraft basketry
traditionalFood acorns
piñon nuts
small game
traditionalHousing brush shelters
semisubterranean houses
traditionalReligion Native American traditional religion
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory California, United States
surface form: California

Tehachapi Mountains
southern Sierra Nevada
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Numic hasPart Kawaiisu
Chemehuevi relatedEthnicGroup Kawaiisu
Numic includesLanguage Kawaiisu
subject surface form: Southern Numic
Numic hasLanguage Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu spokenBy Kawaiisu self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kawaiisu language
Numic peoples hasEthnicGroup Kawaiisu