Costanoan languages
E73823
The Costanoan languages are a group of closely related, now mostly extinct Native American languages once spoken along the central coast of California.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language family
→
language family → |
| alternativeName |
Ohlone languages
→
Ohlone languages →
surface form: "Ohlonean languages"
|
| arealAssociation | California linguistic area → |
| classificationStatus | generally accepted as part of Utian → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| culturalAssociation |
Ohlone peoples
→
surface form: "Ohlone culture"
|
| declineCause |
Spanish colonization of California
→
language shift to English → language shift to Spanish → missionization → |
| documentationBy | linguists → |
| documentationSource |
field notes
→
mission records → word lists → |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Ohlone peoples
→
surface form: "Ohlone"
|
| extinctionPattern | most varieties extinct by 20th century → |
| geographicExtent |
Big Sur region of California
→
surface form: "Big Sur coast region"
Monterey Bay region →
surface form: "Monterey Bay area"
San Francisco Bay Area → |
| hasLanguage |
Awaswas
→
Chochenyo → Karkin → Mutsun → Ramaytush → Rumsen → Tamyen → |
| historicalEra | pre-contact California → |
| ISOStatus | individual Costanoan languages may have separate ISO 639-3 codes → |
| languageBranchOf | Utian languages → |
| languageFamilyColor | American → |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative → |
| neighboringLanguageFamilies |
Esselen language
→
Miwok languages → Salinan language → Yokutsan languages →
surface form: "Yokuts languages"
|
| region | North America → |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts → |
| spokenBy |
Costanoan people
→
Ohlone peoples →
surface form: "Ohlone people"
|
| spokenIn |
California, United States
→
surface form: "California"
central coast of California → |
| status | mostly extinct → |
| subgroupOf |
Utian languages
→
surface form: "Utian language family"
|
| writingSystem | Latin script (for modern documentation) → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.