Gabrielino-Fernandeño language

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The Gabrielino-Fernandeño language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken in the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California by the Indigenous Gabrielino (Tongva) and Fernandeño peoples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
extinct language
alternativeName Fernandeño language
Gabrielino language
Tongva language
associatedWith Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
closelyRelatedTo Cahuilla language
Kitanemuk language
Luiseño language
Serrano language
country United States
documentedBy H. W. Henshaw
John Peabody Harrington
documentedIn field notes
vocabularies
ethnicGroup Fernandeño people
Gabrielino people
Tongva people
glottocode gabr1252
hasRevitalizationEfforts yes
historicalEra Mexican period in California
Spanish colonial period in California
early American period in California
pre-contact California
influencedToponym Azusa
Cahuenga
Pacoima
Topanga
Tujunga
languageBranch Takic branch
languageCodeISO3 xgf
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
region Los Angeles Basin
Southern California
revitalizationLedBy Tongva community
linked to: Tongva people
spokenIn Channel Islands (historically attributed)
Los Angeles County
Orange County, California
Riverside County, California
linked to: Riverside County

San Bernardino County, California
status extinct
subfamily Northern Uto-Aztecan languages
timeDepthOfExtinction 20th century
usedFor oral tradition
place names in Los Angeles region
ritual speech
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Takic peoples hasLanguage Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Northern Uto-Aztecan containsLanguage Gabrielino-Fernandeño (Tongva) language
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Gabrielino-Fernandeño alternateName Gabrielino language
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Gabrielino-Fernandeño alternateName Fernandeño language
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Tataviam people traditionalLanguage Fernandeño language
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Serrano language closelyRelatedTo Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Luiseño language closelyRelatedTo Gabrielino-Fernandeño (Tongva) language
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Takic branch hasLanguage Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Fernandeño people traditionalLanguage Fernandeño language
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Takic hasMember Gabrielino-Fernandeño (Tongva) language
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Southern Channel Islands region hasCulturalAssociation Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians ancestralLanguage Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians isRevitalizing Gabrielino-Fernandeño language
Kitanemuk isRelatedTo Gabrielino-Fernandeño language