Kitanemuk language

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The Kitanemuk language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Kitanemuk people of Southern California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
extinct language
alternativeName Kitanemuk
Kitanemuk Indian language
associatedWith Mission San Fernando Rey de España
surface form: Mission San Fernando area (historically)

Tejon Indian Reservation
closelyRelatedTo Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Serrano language
Tataviam language
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalArea California cultural area
documentationType field notes
texts
word lists
documentedBy J. P. Harrington
endangeredStatus extinct (no native speakers)
ethnicGroup Kitanemuk
extinctionCause language shift to English
language shift to Spanish
glottocode kita1249
glottologName Kitanemuk
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
rich verbal morphology
verb-final word order tendencies
hasPhylum Uto-Aztecan
hasSubject Kitanemuk language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kitanemuk grammar

Kitanemuk lexicon
Kitanemuk phonology
iso639-3Code ktn
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
languageOf traditional narratives of the Kitanemuk people
partOf Indigenous languages of California
surface form: Takic languages of Southern California
region Antelope Valley
San Emigdio Mountains
Tejon Pass
surface form: Tejon Pass area
spokenBy Kitanemuk people
spokenIn Southern California
state California, United States
surface form: California
status extinct
subfamily Northern Uto-Aztecan
subgroup Takic branch
usedIn everyday communication (historically)
ritual contexts (historically)
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (14)

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

Takic peoples hasLanguage Kitanemuk language
Northern Uto-Aztecan containsLanguage Kitanemuk language
Gabrielino-Fernandeño relatedTo Kitanemuk language
Kitanemuk people language Kitanemuk language
Luiseño language closelyRelatedTo Kitanemuk language
Takic languages hasLanguage Kitanemuk language
Tongva language relatedTo Kitanemuk language
Takic branch hasLanguage Kitanemuk language
Kitanemuk language hasSubject Kitanemuk language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kitanemuk grammar
Tubatulabal language neighboringLanguages Kitanemuk language
Takic hasMember Kitanemuk language
Kitanemuk hasAlternateName Kitanemuk language
Kitanemuk hasAlternateName Kitanemuk language
this entity surface form: Kitanemuk Indian language