Cochimi
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A language of Mexico
Alternate Names
Cadegomeño, Cadegomo, Cochetimi, Cochima, Cochimtee, Cochimí, Didiu, Joaquín, Laimon, Laymon-Cochimi, Laymonem, San Francesco Saverio Mission, San Francisco Xavier de, San Javier, San Xavier, Viggé-Biaundo Mission
User Population
No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died by the 1970s (Mixco 1978). Ethnic population: 150 (Adelaar 2007). This may include Kumiai [dih] in La Huerta who call themselves Cochimí. Old Cochimí is extinct (Mixco 1978).
Location
Baja California state: north of Loreto to north peninsula.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Dialects
None known. Troike (1970) regards it as 2 distinct languages.
Language Use
Shifted to Spanish [spa].