Barbareño language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Barbareño |
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| Native to | California, United States | |||
| Region | Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez | |||
| Extinct | 1965, with the death of Mary Yee | |||
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Chumashan
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Barbareño is one of the Chumashan languages, a group of Native American languages spoken in the area of Santa Barbara, California. The closely related Ineseño may have been a dialect of the same language. Barbareño lost its last known native speaker in 1965 with the death of Mary Yee. Both Barbareño and Ineseño are currently undergoing processes of language revitalization.
Language revitalization
As of 2013, the Barbareno Chumash Council is engaged in ongoing efforts to revive the language. Two of its members are language apprentices and teachers. Wishtoyo Chumash Village, in Malibu, California, announced the opening of its Šmuwič Language School in 2010.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/ Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
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| plain | sibilant | |||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
plain | p | t | t͡s | t͡ʃ | k | q | ʔ |
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | t͡sʼ | t͡ʃʼ | kʼ | qʼ | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | t͡sʰ | t͡ʃʰ | kʰ | qʰ | ||
| Fricative | plain | s | ʃ | x | h | |||
| ejective | sʼ | ʃʼ | xʼ | |||||
| aspirated | sʰ | ʃʰ | ||||||
| Nasal | plain | m | n | |||||
| glottalized | ˀm | ˀn | ||||||
| Approximant | plain | l | j | w | ||||
| glottalized | ˀl | ˀj | ˀw | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | e | a | o |
See also
In Spanish: Barbareño para niños
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