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California Indian Languages
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

40 - 50

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Kumeyaay has between 40 and 50 fluent speakers. (p. 121.)

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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USA, California

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Campo, Manzanita, and Cuyapaipe in southeastern San Diego County

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Campo, Manzanita, and Cuyapaipe in southeastern San Diego County

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English, Spanish

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Native Speakers Worldwide

230

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA, California

Coordinates

32.6049,-116.4678

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA, California

Coordinates

32.9359,-116.868

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

330

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220 in Mexico (Cuarón and Lastra 1991).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Mexico; USA;

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Baja California, Rancho Nejí, mountains southeast of Tecate, 60 km east of Ensenada in La Huerta de los Indios, San Antonio Nécua, San José de la Zorra, Cañon de los Encinos, and Ja’áa.

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Baja California, Rancho Nejí, mountains southeast of Tecate, 60 km east of Ensenada in La Huerta de los Indios, San Antonio Nécua, San José de la Zorra, Cañon de los Encinos, and Ja’áa.

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

370

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Mexico: 220 (2000 INALI). USA: 150 (Golla 2007). 40–50 fluent speakers of Kumeyaay, 100 speakers of Tipai, a few elderly people speak Ipai.

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

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Mexico, USA

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

40-50

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An emergent language in the Diegueño dialect complex. (In recent years the entire Diegueño dialect complex has also been referred to as Kumeyaay, creating some confusion.)

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

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USA, California

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Spoken in several locations in central and southern San Diego County, the most important of these being Campo.

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Spoken in several locations in central and southern San Diego County, the most important of these being Campo.

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English, Spanish

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2005

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32.1666666667,-116.5

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295

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  2. Subjectivity and variation in desiderative constructions of Diegueño and Cocopa
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    Miller, Amy. 2001. "A Grammar of Jamul Tiipay." 23: Mouton de Gruyter.
  10. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
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