Mutsun language

Mutsun
San Juan Bautista
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
EthnicityMutsun Ohlone
Extinct1930, with the death of Ascencion Solórzano de Cervantes[1]
Revivalearly 2000s
Yok-Utian
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Southern Ohlone css)
Glottologmuts1243
Map of Ohlone varieties with   Mutsun
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Mutsun (also known as San Juan Bautista Costanoan) is a Utian language spoken in Northern California. It was the primary language of a division of the Ohlone people living in the Mission San Juan Bautista area. It initially went extinct in 1930 when the last speaker died, Ascencion Solórzano de Cervantes. The Tamien Nation and Amah Mutsun [Wikidata] band is currently working to restore the use of the language, using a modern alphabet.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Okrand 1977.
  2. ^ Warner 2006.
  3. ^ Warner, Luna & Butler 2007.
  4. ^ "Language". Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2020.