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Esselen
Huelel
Native toUnited States
RegionBig Sur (California)
EthnicityEsselen
Extinct19th century
Language family
Hokan ?
  • Esselen
Language codes
ISO 639-3esq
Linguist List
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Glottologesse1238

Esselen was the language of the Esselen (or self-designated Huelel) Nation, which aboriginally occupied the mountainous Central Coast of California, immediately south of Monterey (Shaul 1995). It was probably a language isolate, though has been included as a part of the hypothetical Hokan proposal.

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Esselen language

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Esselen was the language of the Esselen (or self-designated Huelel) Nation, which aboriginally occupied the mountainous Central Coast of California, immediately...

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Esselen

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The Esselen are a Native American people belonging to a linguistic group in the hypothetical Hokan language family, who are indigenous to the Santa Lucia...

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Language isolate

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Retrieved 9 February 2021. Leedom Shaul, David (1995). "The Huelel (Esselen) language". International Journal of American Linguistics. 61 (5): 191–239....

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Rumsen language

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San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo founded in 1770, the other being the Esselen language. The last fluent speaker of Rumsen was Isabel Meadows, who died in...

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Hokan languages

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Project for the Documentation of the Languages of Mesoamerica. Shaul, David (2019). Esselen studies: language, culture, and prehistory. Muenchen: Lincom...

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List of extinct languages of North America

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Indigenous languages Indigenous languages European language dialects Pidgin languages Indigenous languages Creole languages Indigenous languages Indigenous...

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List of language families

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Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...

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Chalon people

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A recent alternative analysis places the Eslenajan local tribe of Esselen language speakers as the inhabitants of the Soledad vicinity at the founding...

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John Peabody Harrington

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languages and ethnography. Rather than completing his doctorate at the Universities of Leipzig and Berlin, Harrington became a high-school language teacher...

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Tassajara Hot Springs

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only. Tasajera is a Spanish-American word derived from an indigenous Esselen language, which designates a "place where meat is hung to dry." It has also...

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Ohlone

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both the southern Costanoan (Rumsien) and an entirely different Hokan language Esselen. Ohlone tribes with petitions for Federal Recognition pending with...

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Languages of the United States

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The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English)...

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Indigenous languages of the Americas

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Comecrudan (United States & Mexico) (3) † Coosan (2) † Cotoname † Eskaleut (7) Esselen † Haida Iroquoian (11) Kalapuyan (3) † Karankawa † Karuk Keresan (2) Kutenai...

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Classification of the Indigenous languages of the Americas

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Comecrudan, and Coahuiltecan are included in Hokan with "reservations". Esselen is included in Hokan with "strong reservations". Tsimshian and Zuni are...

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Isabel Meadows

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ethnologist and the last fluent speaker of the Rumsen Ohlone language. She also spoke Esselen. She worked closely with the anthropologists from the Smithsonian...

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Land Back

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given to someone else. In July 2020, an organization of self-identified Esselen descendants purchased a 1,200-acre ranch (4.9 km2) near Big Sur, California...

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List of languages by time of extinction

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extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...

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Language Spoken at Home

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Language Spoken at Home is a data set published by the United States Census Bureau on languages in the United States. It is based on a three-part language...

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The Lariat

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girl who voluntarily comes to the Mission, and from her he learns the Esselen language. She was the wife of a medicine man, Hualala, whom she left after their...

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Amerind languages

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Shasta–Achomawi Shasta Achomawi Yana Pomoan Washo Salinan–Chumash Salinan Chumash Esselen Seri–Yuman Seri Yuman Waicuri–Quinigua Waicuri Maratino Quinigua Coahuiltecan...

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Telugu Americans

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population my cross 2,000,000 and it will become the first most spoken Indian language in USA by then. The rise in Telugu population is attributed to the increasing...

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Coast Miwok

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Central California, such as their neighbors the Pomo, also Maidu, Ohlone, Esselen, and northernmost Yokuts. However Kroeber observed less "specialized cosmogony"...

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Rumsen people

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during the Rancho Period. At least since the mission era, the people of the Esselen Nation claim close association with the Rumsen Ohlone, through Mission...

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Plains and Sierra Miwok

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ethnic groups of Central California, such as the Pomo, Maidu, Ohlone, Esselen, and northernmost Yokuts. However, Kroeber observed less "specialized cosmogony"...

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List of Indigenous peoples in California

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Sinkyone, northwestern California Wailaki, Wai-lakki, northwestern California Esselen, west-central California Hupa, northwestern California Tsnungwe Juaneño...

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