Tubatulabal
[aka Tübatulabal, Kern River, Kern]Classification: Uto-Aztecan
·critically endangered
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Critically endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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1
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As of 2005, Betsy Johnson ... and four others were studying the language with Jim Andreas, 74, the only remaining speaker of the South Fork dialect.
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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English
- PLACES
- USA, California
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Tubatulabal was spoken along the upper Kern River northeast of Bakersfield, both along the main Kern (or "North Fork") and along its principal tributary, South Fork.