Kiliwa language
Yuman language of Baja California, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiliwa, alternate Names: Kiliwi, Ko’lew or Quiligua (in Kiliwa: Koleeu ñaja') is a Yuman language spoken in Baja California, in the far northwest of Mexico, by the Kiliwa people.
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Kiliwa | |
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Koleeu ñaja' | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Baja California |
Ethnicity | Kiliwa |
Native speakers | 4 (2018)[1] |
Yuman–Cochimí
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Latin | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Mexico |
Regulated by | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | klb |
Glottolog | kili1268 |
ELP | Kiliwa |
Kiliwa is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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76 people reported their language as Kiliwa in a 2020 census.[2] However, a count in 2018 found only 4 speakers remaining.[1]