Barbareño

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
boi
User Population

No known L1 speakers (Golla 2007), but emerging L2 speakers. Last speaker, Mary Yee, died in 1965 (2004 W. Poser).

Location

California: near Santa Barbara.

Language Status

9 (Reawakening).

Classification
Chumashan, Central Chumash
Language Use

All shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Chumash descendants interested in restoring traditional culture and language. Chumash Living Language Revitalization Project established in 1999.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Barbareño
Other Comments

May be the same language as Ineseño [inz] (Mithun 1999).