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chumash language
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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Instanceschumash group languageA ChumashGroupLanguage is any of seven languages found in the UnitedStates that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others. All seven languages are now extinct meaning that this language family is also extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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