ISO 639-3 · luilui
Uto-Aztecan family · extinct or historical language
Luiseño
Luiseño is an extinct or historical language of the Cupan branch (Uto-Aztecan), spoken in United States.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lui- Glottocode
luis1253- Family
- Uto-Aztecan
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Luiseño |
|---|---|
| Also called | Luiseno, Luiseño language |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uto-Aztecan to Luiseño
The branches above Luiseño, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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