(documentation ChumashLanguage EnglishLanguage "The ChumashLanguage is a ChumashGroupLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: CHS. ISO 639-2: nai. Population: No speakers out of a possible 100 population (1977 SIL). Region: Southern California coast near Santa Barbara. Comments: Extinct since 1965. Inherently unintelligible Chumash varieties formerly spoken included Obispeno, Ineseno, Purisimeno, Barbareno, Ventureno, and Cruzeno (Island Chumash, Isleno), named after the missions to which they were brought. Marianne Mithun says it is not Hokan. Extinct.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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