Kiliwa

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kiliwi, Quiligua

Population

10 (Golla 2007). No monolinguals (1993). 29 (2000 INALI).

Location

Baja California Norte, Arroyo León, Agua Escondida, La Parra southeast of Ensenada, south of the Paipai, Tipai, and Cocopa.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Dialects

Linguistically distinct from Paipai [ppi], Kumiai [dih], and Cocopa [coc] (Wares 1965).

Language Use

No language retention efforts reported (2007). Kiliwa population sample understood Paipai [ppi] at 87%, but Paipai sample understood no Kiliwa.

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten.