Kiliwa > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Kiliwa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kiliwi; Quiligua
Spoken in:
Mexico
Number of speakers:
28 (1994 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
56
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
27
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
klb
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Yuman-Cochimi (Cochimi-Yuman)
Parent Subgroup:
Kiliwa; Kiliwan Subfamily (kilw)
Brief Description:
"Kiliwa is a Yuman language, forming its own distinct subgroup. Originally spoken on the Baja California peninsula south of Paipai, the fewer than 10 surviving speakers of Kiliwa now share the Santa Catarina community with speakers of Paipai." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Kiliwa
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