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| Obispeño | |
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| tiłhini | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Californian coastal areas |
| Ethnicity | yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash |
| Extinct | 1917, with the death ofRosario Cooper |
| Revival | 21st century[1] |
Chumashan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | obi |
| Glottolog | obis1242 |
 Obispeño | |
 Obispeño is classified as Extinct by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. [2] | |
Obispeño (also known astiłhini[3]) is one of the extinctChumashNative American languages previously spoken along the coastal areas ofCalifornia. The primary source of documentation on the language is from the work of linguistJ. P. Harrington.[4]
Obispeño is classified as the sole member of the northern branch of the Chumashan language family. It has two dialects, a northern and southern dialect.[5]
Obispeño was spoken in the region ofSan Luis Obispo, California.
Theyak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe uses an alphabet based on theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (and theAmericanist phonetic notation) to transcribe Obispeño.[6][better source needed]
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