COJ ISO 639-3
Cochimi
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- coj
- Alternate Names
- Cadegomeño, Cadegomo, Cochetimi, Cochima, Cochimtee, Cochimí, Didiu, Joaquín, Laimon, Laymon-Cochimi, Laymonem, San Francesco Saverio Mission, San Francisco Xavier de, San Javier, San Xavier, Viggé-Biaundo Mission
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died by the 1970s (Mixco 1978). Ethnic population: 150 (Adelaar 2007). This may include Kumiai [dih] in La Huerta who call themselves Cochimí. Old Cochimí is extinct (Mixco 1978).
- Location:
- Baja California state: north of Loreto to north peninsula.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant).
- Classification
- Cochimí-Yuman, Yuman
- Dialects
- None known. Troike (1970) regards it as 2 distinct languages.
- Language Use
- Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Cochimi
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Baja California state: north of Loreto to north peninsula.
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