Endangered Languages Project - Cahuilla

Cahuilla

Classification: Uto-Aztecan

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severely endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		chl
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Mountain Cahuilla Desert Cahuilla Pass (Wanikik) Cahuilla
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
15
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from L. Hinton (1994). Data for the ethnic population is from the 2000 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1994

PLACES: USA;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California; Southern California, San Gorgonio Pass and Mohave Desert areas.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,300?
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are approximately 30 fluent first-language speakers of Cahuilla in a combined reservation population of about 2,300.

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: In the inland area of southern California, including people at Morongo, Agua Caliente
(Palm Springs), Cabazon, Augustine, Torres-Martinez, Santa Rosa, Cahuilla, Ramona, and Los
Coyotes.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
35 (2009 SIL), ethnic population 800 (Hinton 2007).

DATE OF INFO: 2009

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA: California

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: California: San Gorgonio Pass and Mohave Desert areas.

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,300

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
More on Orthography: A practical orthography was introduced in 1980 and extensive teaching materials were prepared, including a full introductory textbook.

PLACES: Inland area of southern California

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO