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Name: Gabrelino Type: Language Alternate Names: Tobikhar; Fernandeño; Gabrielino; Gabrielino-Fernandeño; Tongva; Gabrieleño; Kij Code: xgf Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: LINGUIST List Families: Uto-Aztecan (Yuta-Nawan) Parent Subgroup: Cupeño; Gabrielish Group; Gabrelino (gbrl) Child Dialects: Fernandeño; San Catalina (xgf-cat) Gabrelino; Fernandeño (xgf-fer) San Catalina; Gabrelino proper (xgf-gab) Brief Description: "Gabrielino (Tongva), a language of the Serrano-Gabrielino division of the Takic subfamily of Uto-Aztecan, was the language of the community at San Gabriel mission. The Gabrielino were originally a large and powerful tribe whose territory included most of Los Angeles and Orange County. Several local dialects were distinguished including Gabrielino (proper), spoken in the Los Angeles basin; Fernandeño, spoken in San Fernando Valley; and the variety spoken on Santa Catalina Island. The Gabrielino were nearly destroyed by missionisation, but a few speakers survived into the twentieth century and the language was extensively documented, primarily by Harrington between 1914 and 1933." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 14

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Linguist List Status: Extinct