Barbareño language

Barbareño language

Infobox language
name=Barbareño
region=Southern Californian coastal areas
familycolor=American
extinct=1965, with the death of Mary Yee
fam1=Chumashan
fam2=Southern
fam3=Central
iso2=nai|iso3=boi

Barbareño is one of the extinct Chumash languages, a group of Native American languages previously spoken along the coastal areas of Southern California from as far north as San Luis Obispo to as far south as Malibu.

Classification

Barbareño belongs to the Central Branch of the Southern Chumash languages. Barbareño and the closely related Ineseño may have been the a dialect of the same language.

Geographic distribution

Barbareño was spoken in the region of Santa Barbara, California. It became extinct in 1965 with the death of Mary Yee.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

References

*Ethnologue|code=boi
*Citation
last = Beeler
first = M. S.
title = Sibilant Harmony in Chumash
journal = International Journal of American Linguistics
volume = 36
issue = 1
pages = 14-17
year = 1970
month = January


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