Esselen language
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The Esselen language is an extinct and poorly documented Native American language once spoken by the Esselen people of coastal central California.
Aliases (1)
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
→
extinct language → language → |
| associatedWith |
California mission system
→
Esselen people → |
| continent |
North America
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| country |
United States
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|
| documentationStatus |
poorly documented
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| era |
Spanish colonial period in California
→
pre-contact California → |
| ethnicity |
Esselen people
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| extinctionCause |
colonialism in California
→
language shift to English → language shift to Spanish → missionization by Spanish colonizers → |
| glottocode |
esse1238
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| hasLinguisticDataType |
limited grammatical notes
→
short vocabularies → word lists → |
| ISO639-3 |
esq
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| languageEndangermentStatus |
extinct (no native speakers)
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|
| languageFamilyStatus |
unclassified language
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| name |
Esselen
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|
| possibleFamily |
Hokan languages
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|
| region |
coastal central California
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|
| spokenBy |
Esselen people
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| spokenIn |
Big Sur region
→
Carmel River area → upper Salinas River area → |
| status |
extinct
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|
| studiedBy |
linguists of Native American languages
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|
| writingSystem |
no indigenous writing system
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|
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
California Hokan
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comprises |
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Hokan languages
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includes |
|
Indigenous peoples of California
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languageFamily |
|
Costanoan languages
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|
neighboringLanguageFamilies |
|
Salinan language
("Esselen language (proposed)")
→
|
relatedTo |