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Name: Mountain Cahuilla Type: Language Alternate Names: Cupeño; Agua Caliente Spoken in: USA Number of speakers: No known speakers. Ethnic population: 700 (2000 A. Yamamoto); 20 (2000 census) (Ethnologue) Code: cup Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Uto-Aztecan (Yuta-Nawan) Parent Subgroup: Takic; Cupan; Luisish Group (cupa) Brief Description: "Cupeño, a language of the Cupan division of the Takic subfamily of Uto-Aztecan, was originally spoken near Warner's Hot Springs, in Riverside County, California, but in 1902 the Cupeños were resettled with speakers of Luiseño on the rancheria at Pala. The last fluent speaker of Cupeño died in 1987 at the age of 94, although several people still remember a few words and phrases and there is one elderly semi-speaker." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 13-14

Endangerment Status

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UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed