Cahuilla language

Cahuilla
Ivilyuat
Pronunciation[ʔivɪʎʊʔat]
Native toUnited States
RegionSouthern California
Ethnicity3,000—5,000 Cahuilla[1]
Native speakers
6 (2011)[2]
DialectsDesert
Mountain
Pass
Latin, NAPA
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
None
Regulated byNone
Language codes
ISO 639-3chl
Glottologcahu1264
ELPCahuilla
Cahuilla is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Personʔívil̃uqalet
Peopleʔívil̃uqaletem
Languageʔívil̃uʔat
Countryʔívil̃uqaletem Meytémak

Cahuilla /kəˈwə/, or Ivilyuat (Ɂívil̃uɂat or Ivil̃uɂat IPA: [ʔivɪʎʊʔat]), is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language, spoken by the various tribes of the Cahuilla Nation, living in the Coachella Valley, San Gorgonio Pass and San Jacinto Mountains region of southern California.[3] The Cahuilla demonyms include Ɂívil̃uwenetem or Iviatam–speakers of Ivilyuat (Iviɂa)–or táxliswet meaning "person."[4][5] A 1990 census revealed 35 speakers in an ethnic population of 800. With such a decline, Ivilyuat is classified as "critically endangered" by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger as most speakers are middle-aged or older with limited transmission rates to children.

Three dialects are known to exist: Desert, Mountain and Pass,[6] as well as some other sub-dialects.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ucr-teach was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cahuilla at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020) Closed access icon
  3. ^ "Cahuilla." Ethnologue Report for the Language Code: chl. (retrieved 13 Dec 2009)
  4. ^ "Cahuilla Indian Language (Iviatim)." Native Languages of the Americas. 2009 (retrieved 13 Dec 2009)
  5. ^ Sieler, Hansjakob; Hioki, Kojiro (1979). Cahuilla Dictionary. Morango Indian Reservation, Banning, CA: Malki Museum Press.
  6. ^ Shipley, William F. (1978). "Native Languages of California". In R.F. Heizer (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 8, California. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 80–90.
  7. ^ "Cahuilla". Limu Project. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

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