Kizh language

E892839

The Kizh language is an extinct Uto-Aztecan language once spoken by the Indigenous Kizh (often grouped with the Tongva/Gabrielino) people of the Los Angeles Basin in Southern California.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kizh language canonical 3
Kizh (as a language name, less common) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
extinct language
language
associatedPeopleAutonym Kizh
associatedPeopleExonym Gabrielino
associatedWithMission Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
belongsToMacroFamily Uto-Aztecan
classificationStatus well-attested but sparsely documented
closelyRelatedTo Cahuilla language
Luiseño language
Serrano language
continent North America
country United States
documentedBy early linguists of California
mission records
ethnicGroup Gabrielino people
Kizh people
Tongva people
extinctionCause colonialism
language shift to English
language shift to Spanish
missionization in California
family Uto-Aztecan language family
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
hasAlternativeName Gabrieleño-Fernandeño
Gabrielino language
Kizh-Tongva
Tongva language
hasRevitalizationEfforts yes
ISOStatus no widely used ISO 639-3 code under the name "Kizh"
languageBranch Takic languages
languageFamilyBranch Northern Uto-Aztecan
linguisticArea California linguistic area
oftenGroupedWith Tongva language
oftenLabeledAs Gabrielino-Tongva language
preColonialStatus primary language of Kizh communities
preContactUse intercommunity communication in Los Angeles Basin
region Los Angeles Basin
Southern California
revitalizationLedBy Kizh Nation community members
spokenBy Indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin
spokenIn Los Angeles Basin
Los Angeles River watershed
linked to: Los Angeles River

San Gabriel Valley
status extinct
subfamilyOf Takic branch
timeDepthOfAttestation historic period after Spanish contact
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kizh Nation associatedWithLanguage Kizh language
Kij relatedTo Kizh language
Kichireño ethnoLinguisticContext Kizh language
Gabrielino language alternativeName Kizh (as a language name, less common)
linked to: Kizh language