Kizh language

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The Kizh language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Indigenous Kizh (often grouped with the Tongva/Gabrielino) people of the Los Angeles Basin in Southern California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
extinct language
language
associatedPeopleAutonym Kizh GENERATED
associatedPeopleExonym Gabrielino GENERATED
associatedWithMission Mission San Gabriel Arcángel NERFINISHED
belongsToMacroFamily Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED
classificationStatus well-attested but sparsely documented
closelyRelatedTo Cahuilla language NERFINISHED
Luiseño language
Serrano language NERFINISHED
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
documentedBy early linguists of California
mission records
ethnicGroup Gabrielino people NERFINISHED
Kizh people NERFINISHED
Tongva people NERFINISHED
extinctionCause colonialism
language shift to English
language shift to Spanish
missionization in California
family Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Gabrieleño-Fernandeño NERFINISHED
Gabrielino language
Kizh-Tongva NERFINISHED
Tongva language NERFINISHED
hasRevitalizationEfforts yes
ISOStatus no widely used ISO 639-3 code under the name "Kizh"
languageBranch Takic languages
languageFamilyBranch Northern Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED
linguisticArea California linguistic area NERFINISHED
oftenGroupedWith Tongva language NERFINISHED
oftenLabeledAs Gabrielino-Tongva language NERFINISHED
preColonialStatus primary language of Kizh communities
preContactUse intercommunity communication in Los Angeles Basin
region Los Angeles Basin NERFINISHED
Southern California
revitalizationLedBy Kizh Nation community members
spokenBy Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin
spokenIn Los Angeles Basin NERFINISHED
Los Angeles River watershed NERFINISHED
San Gabriel Valley NERFINISHED
status extinct
subfamilyOf Takic branch
timeDepthOfAttestation historic period after Spanish contact
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kizh Nation associatedWithLanguage Kizh language