Awaswas language
E371035
Costanoan language
Native American language
Ohlone language
Utian language
extinct language
language
The Awaswas language is an extinct Ohlone (Costanoan) Native American language once spoken along the central coast of California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awaswas language canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Costanoan language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ Ohlone language ⓘ Utian language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
ⓘ
Mission Santa Cruz ⓘ Spanish missions in California ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Ohlone cultural and linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| causeOfExtinction |
colonial disruption and assimilation
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ later language shift to English ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | California cultural area ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endonymStatus | reconstructed from ethnonyms and mission records ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Awaswas people ⓘ |
| extinction | 19th century (approximate) ⓘ |
| glottologCode | none (not assigned a separate Glottolog code) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Awaswas
ⓘ
San Carlos Costanoan ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Cruz Costanoan
Awaswas Ohlone ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Cruz Ohlone
|
| hasDescendant | none (no known living descendant language) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation |
Chochenyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Chochenyo language
Karkin language ⓘ Mutsun language ⓘ Ramaytush ⓘ
surface form:
Ramaytush language
Rumsen language ⓘ Tamyen language ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
language revitalization studies (symbolic, via related Ohlone languages) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | none (no ISO 639-3 code assigned) ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Indigenous languages of California
ⓘ
surface form:
California indigenous languages
|
| languageFamily |
Ohlone languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Ohlone (Costanoan) languages
Utian languages ⓘ |
| languageTypology | agglutinative language (reconstructed, by family analogy) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ohlone languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Ohlone linguistic continuum
|
| region |
Central Coast of California
ⓘ
Monterey Bay Area ⓘ
surface form:
Monterey Bay area
Santa Cruz County, California ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Central Coast of California ⓘ
surface form:
Central California coast
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Ohlone languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Ohlone (Costanoan) languages
|
| usedBy | Awaswas people ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none (traditionally oral language) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.