Takic languages

Takic
Geographic distribution	southern California
Linguistic classification	Uto-Aztecan Northern Takic
Subdivisions	Serran Cupan
Glottolog	None
Takic languages and dialects as classified by Victor Golla

The Takic languages are a putative group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken by Californian Native Americans in southern California. The Takic languages appear to be two distinct branches of Uto-Aztecan, Serran and Cupan, with similarities due to borrowing.

List of Takic languages

• Cahuilla language
• Cupeño language
• Luiseño language
• Serrano language
• Tongva language (aka Gabrielino)
• Kitanemuk language
• ?Tataviam language
• ?Nicoleño language

Classification

• Serrano-Gabrielino

Serran

Serrano

Kitanemuk ^†

Tongva ^†

• Cupan

Cahuilla-Cupeño

Cahuilla

Cupeño†

Luiseño-Juaneño

Morphology

Takic languages are agglutinative languages, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.

External links

• The Limu Project (Active Language Revitalization)