Barbareño

BOI

reawakening

Dialects: None known. Not intelligible with other Chumash varieties.

Genealogy:

Chumashan
Central Chumash

Demographics: No known L1 speakers (Golla 2007), but emerging L2 speakers. Last speaker died in 1965 (Golla 2007).

Language Use: Chumash descendants interested to restore traditional culture and language. Chumash Living Language Revitalization Project established in 1999.

Nation of Origin: United States