Mountain Cahuilla

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Mountain Cahuilla is a dialect of the Cahuilla language traditionally spoken by the Cahuilla people in the mountainous regions of Southern California.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mountain Cahuilla canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cahuilla language variety
dialect
closelyRelatedTo Desert Cahuilla
Pass Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
country United States
ethnicGroup Cahuilla
linked to: Cahuilla people
hasGrammar similar to other Cahuilla dialects
hasPhonology similar to other Cahuilla dialects
hasType indigenous language variety of California
isOralTraditionDominant true
languageBranch Takic languages
languageCodeStatus often grouped under Cahuilla (chl) in ISO 639-3
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageOf Cahuilla Indian Reservation (historically)
partOf Cahuilla language
region Southern California
revitalizationEfforts community-based language programs
documentation by linguists
spokenBy Cahuilla communities in mountain areas
spokenIn Inland Southern California mountains
status endangered
severely endangered
subdivisionOf Cahuilla language
traditionalArea mountainous regions of Southern California
traditionalSpeakers Cahuilla people
usedFor ceremonial speech
oral tradition
traditional narratives
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Cahuilla language hasDialect Mountain Cahuilla
Iviatim hasDialects Mountain Cahuilla