Kizh language

E892839

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kizh language canonical 3
Kizh (as a language name, less common) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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

San Gabriel Valley ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subfamilyOf Takic branch ⓘ
timeDepthOfAttestation historic period after Spanish contact ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Kizh Nation → associatedWithLanguage → Kizh language ⓘ
Kij → relatedTo → Kizh language ⓘ
Kichireño → ethnoLinguisticContext → Kizh language ⓘ
Gabrielino language → alternativeName → Kizh (as a language name, less common) ⓘ
linked to: Kizh language