Salinan language
E74838
The Salinan language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Salinan people of central California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of California ⓘ |
| alternativeClassification | language isolate (proposed) ⓘ |
| associatedMission |
Mission San Antonio de Padua
ⓘ
Mission San Miguel Arcángel ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Northern Salinan
ⓘ
Northern Salinan ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Salinan
|
| associatedWith | Salinan traditional culture ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | controversial ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | California cultural area ⓘ |
| documentationType |
grammatical notes
ⓘ
texts ⓘ word lists ⓘ |
| documentedBy | John Alden Mason ⓘ |
| endonymStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Salinan people ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | no native speakers remaining ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Salinas Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Salinas River region
San Antonio River ⓘ
surface form:
San Antonio River region
interior central California ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Antoniaño
ⓘ
Migueleño ⓘ Playano ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sali1253 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Spanish colonial period in California
ⓘ
pre-contact California ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | sln ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Hokan languages ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | proposed ⓘ |
| lossCause |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| region |
Central California
ⓘ
surface form:
central California
|
| relatedTo |
Chumashan languages (proposed)
ⓘ
Esselen language ⓘ
surface form:
Esselen language (proposed)
|
| researchField |
Americanist linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Salinan people ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication (historically)
ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial speech ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.