Kiliwa community of northern Baja California

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The Kiliwa community of northern Baja California is an Indigenous group in Mexico known for preserving the endangered Kiliwa language and maintaining traditional cultural practices in the region.


Statements (35)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
country Mexico
culturalRegion Californian Indigenous cultural area
engagesIn cultural preservation activities
language revitalization efforts
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
ethnolinguisticGroup Kiliwa people NERFINISHED
facesIssue cultural assimilation pressures
language endangerment
governedBy Mexican state of Baja California
hasCulturalHeritage oral traditions
traditional ecological knowledge
hasEndangeredLanguage Kiliwa language
hasLanguageStatus endangered language community
hasMinorityStatus Indigenous minority in Mexico
historicalRegion precolonial Baja California
knownFor maintaining traditional cultural practices
preservation of the Kiliwa language
language Kiliwa language
linguisticFamily Yuman language family
locatedIn Baja California
northern Baja California
northwestern Mexico
partOf Indigenous peoples of Baja California
Indigenous peoples of Mexico
populationStatus very small population
practices traditional ceremonies
traditional crafts
traditional subsistence activities
recognizedAs Indigenous community in Mexico
relatedTo Cochimí–Yuman peoples
religion traditional Indigenous beliefs
traditionalTerritory Sierra de San Pedro Mártir region
northern Baja California interior

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Kiliwa language
hasSpeakerCommunity

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