Awaswas language

Awaswas, or Santa Cruz, is one of eight Ohlone languages. It was historically spoken by the Awaswas people, an indigenous people of California.

Awaswas
Santa Cruz
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
Extinct(date missing)
Yok-Utian
  • Utian
    • Ohlone
      • Northern
        • Awaswas
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Northern Ohlone [cst])
Glottologsant1428

Linguists originally called the language Santa Cruz after the mission in the area but it was renamed to Awaswas as part of a move in the late 1960s and early 1970s by graduate students at the University of California Berkeley to use native names for the Ohlone languages.

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