influenced by Buena Vista Yokuts." Barbareño lost its last known native speaker in 1965 with the death of Mary Yee. Both Barbareño and Ineseño are currently undergoing...

speaker of the Barbareño language Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto, Chumash activist and historian, working on reviving the Barbareño language. Semu Huaute (1908–2004)...

including klezmer, gypsy jazz and Mexican folk music, all in the Spanish language. The album was certified Platinum in Canada, and it earned her a Canadian...

Especially well documented are Barbareño, Ineseño, and Ventureño. The last native speaker of a Chumashan language was Barbareño speaker Mary Yee, who died...

1897–1965) was a Barbareño Chumash linguist. She was the last first-language speaker of the Barbareño language, a member of the Chumashan languages that were...

including only opposite-sex partners, but, because of worries that the language was unclear, Assembly Bill 607, authored by Assemblyman Bruce Nestande...

player Mary Yee (née Ygnacio, 1897–1965), the last first-language speaker of the Barbareño language Nick Yee, American researcher of social interaction in...

transcribed as ⟨ə⟩. In Barbareño transcriptions, ⟨ɨ⟩ is used. It is not known whether these two phones are the same in both languages (and the difference...

enter Tulare Lake." A variety of the Barbareño language "was heavily influenced by Buena Vista Yokuts." This language was called Emigdiano, as it was "spoken...

Ygnacio-De Soto (born 1938/1939) is a Barbareño Chumash elder. She is active in documenting the language Barbareño. Additionally she has worked as an illustrator...

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the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances...

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native languages subsided until the age of reformation occurred. As stated by Michael E. Krauss, from the years 1960–1970, "Alaska Native Languages" went...

Natural History. The Santa Barbara bands spoke the Barbareño language dialect of the Chumashan languages group. As Europeans settled in their homelands the...

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