Barbareño language
Extinct Native American language
title: "Barbareño language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chumashan-languages", "indigenous-languages-of-california", "extinct-languages-of-north-america", "native-american-language-revitalization", "history-of-santa-barbara-county,-california", "languages-extinct-in-the-1960s", "1960s-disestablishments-in-california"] description: "Extinct Native American language" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbareño_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct Native American language ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Barbareño |
| states | California, United States |
| region | Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez |
| extinct | 1965, with the death of Mary Yee |
| ref | |
| familycolor | American |
| fam1 | Chumashan |
| fam2 | Southern |
| fam3 | Central |
| glotto | barb1263 |
| notice | IPA |
| revived | 2010 |
| nativename | Šmuwič |
| dia1 | Emigdiano |
| iso3 | boi |
| glottorefname | Barbareno |
| :: |
| name = Barbareño | states = California, United States | region = Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez | extinct = 1965, with the death of Mary Yee | ref = | familycolor = American | fam1 = Chumashan | fam2 = Southern | fam3 = Central | lc1 = | glotto = barb1263 | glottoname = | notice = IPA | revived = 2010 | nativename = Šmuwič | dia1 = Emigdiano | iso3 = boi | glottorefname = Barbareno
Barbareño () is one of the Chumashan languages, a group of Native American languages spoken almost exclusively in the area of Santa Barbara, California. A dialect of the Barbareño language was also "spoken at San Emigdio near Buena Vista Lake" in the southern Central Valley. This dialect, called Emigdiano, "was heavily influenced by Buena Vista Yokuts."{{Cite web | title = Barbareño | work = Survey of California and Other Indian Languages | access-date = 2012-11-01 | url = http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/languages/barbareno.php | access-date = 2010-09-22 | year = 2004 | first = William J. | last = Poser | journal = Ms., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. | url = http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/dm/featgeom/poser-chumashnew.pdf | title = On the Status of Chumash Sibilant Harmony
Language revitalization
As of 2013, the Barbareno Chumash Council is engaged in ongoing efforts to revive the language. Two of its members are language apprentices and teachers.{{Cite web |title=Barbareno Chumash Council |access-date=2013-05-08 |url=http://www.barbarenochumashcouncil.com/id1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822092529/http://barbarenochumashcouncil.com/id1.html |archive-date=2013-08-22 | title = Funded Projects | work = Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development | access-date = 2013-05-08 | url = http://www.7genfund.org/funded-projects | archive-date = 2013-05-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130509053046/http://7genfund.org/funded-projects | url-status = dead |title=Chumash Language |work=Wishtoyo Foundation |access-date=2013-05-08 |url=http://www.wishtoyo.org/projects-cultural-chumash-language.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705234344/http://wishtoyo.org/projects-cultural-chumash-language.html |archive-date=2013-07-05 | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | last = Moreno | first = Sarah Koyo | title = Our Ancestors are Happy: Chumash Language Learning at Wishtoyo | journal = News from Native California | access-date = 2013-05-08 | date = 2011 | url = http://www.heydaybooks.com/news/issues/v24n4toc.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130202212515/http://www.heydaybooks.com/news/issues/v24n4toc.html | archive-date = 2013-02-02 | url-status = dead
Phonology
Consonants
::data[format=table title="Barbareño consonant phonemes"] | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/ Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | plain || sibilant | Plosive/ Affricate | plain | ejective | aspirated | Fricative | plain | ejective | aspirated | Nasal | plain | glottalized | Approximant | plain | glottalized | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
Vowels
::data[format=table title="Barbareño vowel phonemes"] | Front | Central | Back | Close | |Open | |---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
References
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