Gabrielino-Fernandeño

E80870

Indigenous language Native American language Uto-Aztecan language endangered language

Gabrielino-Fernandeño is an Indigenous language of Southern California traditionally spoken by the Tongva (Gabrielino) and Fernandeño peoples, belonging to the Uto-Aztecan language family.

Aliases (1)

Gabrieleño-Fernandeño ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous language → Native American language → Uto-Aztecan language → endangered language →
alternateName	Fernandeño language → Gabrieleño-Fernandeño → Gabrielino language → Tongva language →
associatedMission	Mission San Fernando Rey de España → Mission San Gabriel Arcángel →
country	United States →
culturalAssociation	Fernandeño cultural traditions → Tongva cultural traditions →
documentedBy	C. Hart Merriam → John Peabody Harrington NERFINISHED →
documentedIn	field notes → grammatical sketches → wordlists →
hasPlaceNameLegacyIn	Los Angeles area toponyms →
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan →
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language → head-marking language →
phonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → rich consonant inventory →
region	California →
relatedTo	Cahuilla language → Kitanemuk language → Luiseño language → Serrano language →
revitalizationEffortsBy	Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians → Tongva community organizations →
spokenIn	Los Angeles Basin → San Fernando Valley → Southern California → Southern Channel Islands region →
status	revival language → severely endangered →
subfamily	Northern Uto-Aztecan →
subgroup	Cupanic-Takic continuum → Takic →
traditionalSpeakers	Fernandeño people → Gabrielino people → Tataviam-related communities → Tongva people →
usedFor	oral narratives → place names → traditional songs →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gabrielino-Fernandeño ("Gabrieleño-Fernandeño") →	alternateName
Proto-Uto-Aztecan →	hasDescendant
Southern Uto-Aztecan →	hasLanguage
Uto-Aztecan →	includesLanguage