Obispeño language explained

Obispeño
Nativename:	tiłhini^[1]
States:	United States
Region:	Californian coastal areas
Extinct:	1917, with the death of Rosario Cooper
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Chumashan
Iso3:	obi
Glotto:	obis1242
Glottorefname:	Obispeno
Ethnicity:	Northern Chumash
Revived:	21st century^[2]
Dia1:	Northern
Dia2:	Southern

Obispeño (also known as tiłhini) is one of the extinct Chumash Native American languages previously spoken along the coastal areas of California. The primary source of documentation on the language is from the work of linguist J. P. Harrington.^[3]

Classification

Obispeño is classified as the sole member of the northern branch of the Chumashan language family. It has two dialects, a northern and southern dialect.^[4]

Geographic distribution

Obispeño was spoken in the region of San Luis Obispo, California.

Orthography

The yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash tribe uses the International Phonetic Alphabet to transcribe Obispeño.^[5]

External links

• Obispeño language — overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages.
• Language-archives.org: OLAC resources in and about the Obispeño language
• California Language Archives: Obispeño language
• Obispeño language at the Northern Chumash tribe website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rosario Cooper. Northern Chumash Tribe.
2. Web site: Obispeño . 2024-07-22 . California Language Archive . en.
3. Web site: Obispeño – Survey of California and Other Indian Languages . linguistics.berkeley.edu . 3 June 2010.
4. Book: Mithun, Marianne . The languages of native North America . 2006 . Cambridge Univ. Press . 978-0-521-29875-9 . Third printing 2006 . Cambridge language surveys . Cambridge.
5. Web site: Yak Tityu Tityu Yak Tilhini Northern Chumash (YTT) . 2024-07-21 . YTT Northern Chumash Tribe . en-US.