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ISO 639-3 · xawxaw
Uto-Aztecan family

Kawaiisu

Kawaiisu is a language of the Numic branch (Uto-Aztecan), spoken in United States. Wikidata describes it as “Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Kawaiisu people of California”.

8b · Nearly Extinct
At a glance
ISO 639-3
xaw
Glottocode
kawa1283
Wikipedia
9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level

Facts

NameKawaiisu
Also calledKawaiisu language

Vitality

EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Uto-Aztecan to Kawaiisu

The branches above Kawaiisu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.