Gabrielino language

E899199

The Gabrielino language, also known as Tongva, is an Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language historically spoken by the Tongva people of the Los Angeles Basin and Southern Channel Islands in California.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gabrielino language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternativeName Gabrieleño ⓘ
Kizh (as a language name, less common) ⓘ
linked to: Kizh language

Tongva ⓘ
Tongva language ⓘ
communityOrganization Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe and related Tongva organizations support language work ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRole central to Tongva cultural identity ⓘ
used in traditional songs and place names ⓘ
documentation documented in field notes and wordlists by early 20th-century linguists ⓘ
has modern pedagogical materials created by Tongva community members ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tongva people ⓘ
examplePlaceName Cahuenga (from a Tongva or related Takic toponym) ⓘ
Topanga (from a Tongva toponym) ⓘ
linked to: Topanga

Tujunga (from a Tongva or related Takic toponym) ⓘ
historicalRegion Los Angeles Basin ⓘ
San Gabriel Valley ⓘ
Southern Channel Islands ⓘ
parts of Orange County, California ⓘ
parts of San Bernardino County, California ⓘ
ISOStatus no ISO 639-3 code assigned (often grouped under other Takic codes in older sources) ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan language family ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
linguisticTypology agglutinative language (within Uto-Aztecan norms) ⓘ
phonologyFeature contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions) ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Takic languages ⓘ
placeNameInfluence source of many place names in the Los Angeles region ⓘ
relatedTo Cahuilla language ⓘ
Fernandeño language ⓘ
Kitanemuk language ⓘ
Luiseño language ⓘ
Serrano language ⓘ
revitalization community-based language revitalization efforts are ongoing ⓘ
language classes are offered by Tongva community members and organizations ⓘ
spokenBy Gabrielino-Tongva people ⓘ
Tongva people ⓘ
state California ⓘ
status moribund ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Northern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
subgroup Takic branch ⓘ
threatFactor English language dominance ⓘ
colonization and missionization in the Los Angeles area ⓘ
historical suppression of Indigenous languages in California ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (in modern documentation) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Tongva language → alternativeName → Gabrielino language ⓘ
Gabrielino people → language → Gabrielino language ⓘ
Kizh → associatedLanguage → Gabrielino language ⓘ