Serrano | |
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Maarrênga'twich | |
Native to | United States |
Region | Southern California |
Ethnicity | Serrano people |
Extinct | 2002, with the death of Dorothy Ramon |
Revival | 6 self-identified speakers as of 2009-2018[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ser |
Glottolog | serr1255 |
ELP | Serrano |
Historical extent of Serran languages |
Serrano (Serrano: Maarrênga'twich) is a language in the Serran branch of the Uto-Aztecan family spoken by the Serrano people of Southern California. The language is closely related to Tongva, Tataviam, Kitanemuk and Vanyume. Serrano has free word order with the only rule being that verbs usually come last.[2]