Serrano language

E237812

The Serrano language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan Native American language traditionally spoken by the Serrano people of Southern California.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Serrano language canonical 21
Serrano Indian language 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
endangered language
indigenous language of the Americas
associatedTribe Morongo Band of Mission Indians
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
closelyRelatedTo Cahuilla language
Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Kitanemuk language
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance key marker of Serrano identity
documentationIncludes dictionaries
grammars
text collections
endangermentCause U.S. assimilation policies
colonial-era missionization
language shift to English
ethnicGroup Serrano people
family Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
hasAlternateName Serrano
Serrano language
surface form: Serrano Indian language
hasDomain traditional Serrano oral literature
hasLinguisticResearchBy various Americanist linguists
hasMorphologyType agglutinative morphology
polysynthetic tendencies
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
glottalized consonants
hasTypologicalFeature complex pronominal system
rich verbal morphology
hasWordOrder relatively free word order
historicalContactWith English language
Spanish
surface form: Spanish language
ISO639-3 ser
isTaughtAt tribal cultural centers in Southern California
languageBranch Northern Uto-Aztecan
linguisticArea California linguistic area
region Southern California
revitalizationEfforts community language classes
language programs in tribal communities
status severely endangered
subfamily Takic branch
traditionalTerritory Mojave River region
San Bernardino Mountains
usedFor ceremonial practices
storytelling
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (22)

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

Serrano language Serrano language
Taaqtam usesLanguage Serrano language
Maarenga’yam usesLanguage Serrano language
Maarenga’yam autonymLanguage Serrano language
Takic peoples hasLanguage Serrano language
Northern Uto-Aztecan containsLanguage Serrano language
Gabrielino-Fernandeño relatedTo Serrano language
Tataviam people traditionalLanguage Serrano language
Serrano language hasAlternateName Serrano language
this entity surface form: Serrano Indian language
Luiseño language closelyRelatedTo Serrano language
Takic languages hasLanguage Serrano language
San Manuel Tribal Council languageUsed Serrano language
Serrano tribes traditionalLanguage Serrano language
Takic branch hasLanguage Serrano language
Kitanemuk language closelyRelatedTo Serrano language
Iviatim closelyRelatedTo Serrano language
Takic hasMember Serrano language
Kitanemuk isRelatedTo Serrano language