Esselen language

E77665

Native American language extinct language language

The Esselen language is an extinct and poorly documented Native American language once spoken by the Esselen people of coastal central California.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ
associatedWith	Spanish missions in California ⓘ surface form: California mission system Esselen people ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentationStatus	poorly documented ⓘ
era	Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ pre-contact California ⓘ
ethnicity	Esselen people ⓘ
extinctionCause	colonialism in California ⓘ language shift to English ⓘ language shift to Spanish ⓘ missionization by Spanish colonizers ⓘ
glottocode	esse1238 ⓘ
hasLinguisticDataType	limited grammatical notes ⓘ short vocabularies ⓘ word lists ⓘ
ISO639-3	esq ⓘ
languageEndangermentStatus	extinct (no native speakers) ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus	unclassified language ⓘ
name	Esselen ⓘ
possibleFamily	Hokan languages ⓘ
region	coastal central California ⓘ
spokenBy	Esselen people ⓘ
spokenIn	Big Sur region of California ⓘ surface form: Big Sur region Carmel River area ⓘ Salinas River ⓘ surface form: upper Salinas River area
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedBy	linguists of Native American languages ⓘ
writingSystem	no indigenous writing system ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hokan languages → includes → Esselen language ⓘ

Costanoan languages → neighboringLanguageFamilies → Esselen language ⓘ

Salinan language → relatedTo → Esselen language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Esselen language (proposed)

California Hokan → comprises → Esselen language ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of California → languageFamily → Esselen language ⓘ

Hokan (proposed) → hasLanguageMemberProposed → Esselen language ⓘ

Rumsen language → neighboringLanguages → Esselen language ⓘ

Chalon language → hasAlternativeName → Esselen language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chalone language

Esselen people → language → Esselen language ⓘ