Kiliwa
- noun
- She is studying the Kiliwa language to preserve her ancestral heritage.
Examples
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Only a few elders still speak Kiliwa fluently in the community.
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Many Kiliwa speakers live in Baja California.
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Linguists are working to document Kiliwa before it becomes extinct.
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The Kiliwa language is unique to the region.
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Linguists are working to document Kiliwa before it becomes extinct.
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Only a few elders still speak Kiliwa fluently in the community.
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She is studying the Kiliwa language to preserve her ancestral heritage.
Synonyms
A Native American language spoken by the Kiliwa people in Baja California, Mexico
A language spoken by the Kiliwi people in northern Baja California, Mexico
A language spoken by the Kiliwa people in northern Baja California, Mexico
Compounds
A Native American language spoken by the Kiliwa people in Baja California, Mexico
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kiliwa comes from the name the people use for their own language in northern Baja California, Mexico. So Kiliwa is used today to mean that Yuman language and reminds us it belongs to the Kiliwa community.