Gabrielino-Fernandeño

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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.

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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
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

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

Uto-Aztecan includesLanguage Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Gabrielino-Fernandeño alternateName Gabrieleño-Fernandeño
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Southern Uto-Aztecan hasLanguage Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Proto-Uto-Aztecan hasDescendant Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Tongva alternateName Gabrieleño
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Takic languages hasSubgroup Serrano-Gabrielino branch
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Gabrielino alsoKnownAs Gabrieleño
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Kizh neighboringGroup Gabrielino (mission designation)
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Kizh Nation hasEthnicGroup Gabrieleño
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe peopleAlsoCalled Gabrieleño (Spanish exonym)
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño
Tataviam language alternativeName Fernandeño-Tataviam (in some classifications)
linked to: Gabrielino-Fernandeño