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Obispeño language

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Obispeño
tiłhini[1]
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornian coastal areas
Ethnicityyak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash
Extinct1917, with the death of Rosario Cooper
Revival21st century[2]
Chumashan
  • Obispeño
Dialects
  • Northern
  • Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3obi
Glottologobis1242

Obispeño (also known as tiłhini) is one of the extinct Chumash Native American languages previously spoken along the coastal areas of California. The primary source of documentation on the language is from the work of linguist J. P. Harrington.[3]

Classification

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Obispeño is classified as the sole member of the northern branch of the Chumashan language family. It has two dialects, a northern and southern dialect.[4]

Geographic distribution

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Obispeño was spoken in the region of San Luis Obispo, California.

Orthography

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The yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash tribe uses the International Phonetic Alphabet to transcribe Obispeño.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Rosario Cooper". Northern Chumash Tribe.
  2. ^ "Obispeño". California Language Archive. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  3. ^ "Obispeño – Survey of California and Other Indian Languages". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  4. ^ Mithun, Marianne (2006). The languages of native North America. Cambridge language surveys (Third printing 2006 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-521-29875-9.
  5. ^ "Yak Tityu Tityu Yak Tilhini Northern Chumash (YTT)". YTT Northern Chumash Tribe. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
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