Tamien

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Tamien is a Native American Ohlone tribe and language historically associated with the Santa Clara Valley region of California.

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Label Occurrences
Tamien canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Native American tribe
Ohlone group
indigenous people
affectedBy American annexation of California
Mexican secularization
Spanish mission system
associatedWith Mission Santa Clara de Asís
San Francisco Bay Area Ohlone groups
linked to: Northern Ohlone

Spanish colonization of California
colonialLanguageShiftTo Spanish
culturallyRelatedTo Chochenyo
Muwekma Ohlone
Ramaytush
ethnicGroupOf Santa Clara Valley
hasAlternativeName Santa Clara Costanoan
Tamyen
Thamien
hasEthnologueCode none (often grouped under Ohlone/Costanoan)
historicalStatus pre-contact indigenous population of Santa Clara Valley
languageFamily Ohlone languages
Penutian (proposed)
linked to: Penutian hypothesis

Utian languages
languageStatus moribund or dormant
laterLanguageShiftTo English
locatedIn California
United States
modernRevitalizationEfforts language documentation and revival projects
nativeTo Santa Clara Valley
South San Francisco Bay Area
partOf California Native American cultural heritage
preColonialEconomy hunting, fishing, and gathering
recognizedAs distinct Ohlone linguistic variety in linguistic literature
region Northern California
religion traditional Ohlone spiritual practices
subgroupOf Costanoan peoples
linked to: Costanoan people

Ohlone people
linked to: Ohlone peoples
timeDepth pre-Columbian period in Santa Clara Valley
traditionalLanguageRegion Santa Clara Valley
southern San Francisco Bay
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Coyote Creek watershed
Guadalupe River watershed
linked to: Guadalupe River

present-day San Jose area
writingSystem Latin alphabet (for modern documentation)

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