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Barbareño
RegionSouthern Californian coastal areas
Extinct1965, with the death of Mary Yee
Language familyChumashan
  • Southern
    • Central
      • Barbareño
Language codes
ISO 639-2nai
ISO 639-3boi
ELPBarbareño

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, California. The last first-language speaker of Barbareño was Mary Yee.

Classification

Barbareño belongs to the Central Branch of the Southern Chumashan 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

Barbareño consonant phonemes
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar/
Palatal 		Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal plain m n
glottalized ˀm ˀn
Plosive plain p t k q ʔ
ejective pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ qʰ
Affricate plain t͡s t͡ʃ
ejective t͡sʼ t͡ʃʼ
aspirated t͡sʰ t͡ʃʰ
Fricative plain s ʃ x h
ejective sʼ ʃʼ xʼ
aspirated sʰ ʃʰ
Approximant plain l j w
glottalized ˀl ˀj ˀw

Vowels

Barbareño vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Open e a o

References

  1. Poser, William J (2004). "On the status of Chumash sibilant harmony". Ms., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Retrieved 2010-09-22.

External links

California Indigenous peoples of California
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