Luiseño language
| Luiseño | |
|---|---|
| Luiseño–Juaneño | |
| Chamꞌteela | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Southern California |
| Ethnicity | 2,500 Luiseño and Juaneño (2007) |
| Extinct | early 2010s |
| Revival | 2010s |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | lui |
| ISO 639-3 | lui |
| Glottolog | luis1253 |
| ELP | Luiseño |
Luiseño is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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The Luiseño language is a Uto-Aztecan language of California spoken by the Luiseño, a Native American people who at the time of first contact with the Spanish in the 16th century inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging 50 miles (80 km) from the southern part of Los Angeles County, California, to the northern part of San Diego County, California, and inland 30 miles (48 km). The people are called "Luiseño", owing to their proximity to the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.