Serrano language

Serrano
Spoken in	United States
Region	Southern California
Extinct	(date unknown)
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Takic Serran Serrano
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ser

The Serrano language is a language in the Takic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family spoken by the Serrano people of Southern California. The language is closely related to Tongva and Kitanemuk.

It is nearly extinct, but there are attempts at reviving it; both at the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, and Morongo Band of Mission Indians reservations. According to some accounts there was 1 speaker in 1994, however this point may be disputed.^{[citation needed]}

Morphology

Serrano is an agglutinative language, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.

External links

• Ethnologue report
• The Limu Project active language revitalization
• Dorothy Ramón Learning Center, Banning, California
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• Morongo Band of Mission Indians
• Serrano language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages