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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<10

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Language Information By Source

North America
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<10

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Ethnic Population

100

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA, California

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Location description

In the Tehachapi region between the Mohave Desert and the San Joaquin Valley in south-central California.

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In the Tehachapi region between the Mohave Desert and the San Joaquin Valley in south-central California.

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

10

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, California

Coordinates

35.0589,-118.4026

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, California

Coordinates

35.0589,-118.4026

Location description

No data

Government support

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

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Ethnic Population

150-200

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More about speakers

5 (2005 J. Turner). Ethnic population: 150–250 (2005 J. Turner) (Unchanged 2016.)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA, California

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Location description

California, south, Tehachapi-Mojave area of the Mojave Desert.

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California, south, Tehachapi-Mojave area of the Mojave Desert.

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<10

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

<100

Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

USA, California

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Location description

Southern California

Government support

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Southern California

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

3

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Older adult speakers

3

Elder Speakers

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

USA, California

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Location description

Southern California

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The language is highly endangered with only three fluent native speakers, all over the age of 60.

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Southern California

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English

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

36.0,-117.5

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

9

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