Costanoan languages

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The Costanoan languages are a group of closely related, now mostly extinct Native American languages once spoken along the central coast of California.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Costanoan languages canonical 10
Costanoan language 2
Costanoan dialect continuum 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.

Utian languages hasBranch Costanoan languages
Utian languages hasMember Costanoan languages
Utian hasPart Costanoan languages
California Penutian languages hasPart Costanoan languages
Rumsen subclassOf Costanoan languages
this entity surface form: Costanoan language
Chochenyo subclassOf Costanoan languages
this entity surface form: Costanoan language
Ramaytush isPartOf Costanoan languages
this entity surface form: Costanoan dialect continuum
Tamyen language languageFamily Costanoan languages
Karkin language languageFamily Costanoan languages
Karkin language isPartOf Costanoan languages
this entity surface form: Costanoan linguistic group
Yok-Utian languages hasPart Costanoan languages
Miwokan–Costanoan links Costanoan languages
Catherine Callaghan studied Costanoan languages