LUI ISO 639-3
Luiseño
Cham’teela Autonym
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- lui
- Alternate Names
- Payómkawichum
- Autonym
- Cham’teela
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker survived into the early 2010s (Golla 2011). Ethnic population: 2,500 (Golla 2007).
- Location:
- California: south.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Pala Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, Pauma Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, Rincon Band of Luiseño Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.
- Classification
- Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Takic
- Dialects
- Juaneño (Acgachemem, Agachemem, Ajachema, Ajachemem), Luiseño.
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. San Juan Capistrano community has a language revival program for the Ajachemem dialect (Golla 2007).
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Luiseño
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: California: south.
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