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Name:
Obsipeño
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Obispeño; Chumash; Santa Rosa; Chumasha Proper; San Luis Obispo; Northern Chumash
Once Spoken in:
USA
Code:
obi
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Chumashan
Parent Subgroup:
Northern Chumash (ktsp)
Child Dialects:
Northern Obispeño (obi-nor)
Southern Obispeño (obi-sou)
Brief Description:
"Obispeño was the Chumash language spoken at San Luis Obispo mission, quite distinct from the other varieties of Chumash." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 20
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Obsipeño
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