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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Costanoan languages canonical | 10 |
| Costanoan language | 2 |
| Costanoan dialect continuum | 1 |
| Costanoan linguistic group | 1 |
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 (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Costanoan language
this entity surface form:
Costanoan language
this entity surface form:
Costanoan linguistic group