Esselen language

Esselen
Huelel
Native to	United States
Region	Big Sur (California)
Ethnicity	Esselen
Extinct	19th century
Language family	Hokan ? Esselen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	esq
Linguist List	esq.html
Glottolog	esse1238

Esselen was the language of the Esselen (or self-designated Huelel) Nation, which aboriginally occupied the mountainous Central Coast of California, immediately south of Monterey (Shaul 1995). It was probably a language isolate, though has been included as a part of the hypothetical Hokan proposal.