Salinan

A language of United States

ISO 639: sln
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died around 1960 (Mithun 1999). Ethnic population: 200 (1997 K. Turner).
Location:: California: central coast.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Language isolate
Dialects: Formerly 2 dialects, Antoniano and Migueleño. A few linguists have posited a relationship to Hokan.
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Salinan
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: California: central coast.