Serrano language

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

[edit] Morphology

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

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