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🧑‍💼 A family name 🪶 A Native American group 🗣️ A Native language
Serrano

Serrano

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A Native American language spoken in southern California
  • proper noun
translation icon : lengua serrana
  • Linguists are working to document the endangered Serrano language for future generations.

Examples

  • She learned to speak Serrano to connect with her cultural heritage.

  • The university offers a course in Serrano to help preserve indigenous languages.

  • The Serrano language is rich in history.

  • The Serrano language has been preserved by elders.

  • Linguists are working to document the endangered Serrano language for future generations.

  • She learned to speak Serrano to connect with her cultural heritage.

  • The university offers a course in Serrano to help preserve indigenous languages.

Surface Forms

Serrano main

Etymology

Serrano for the language is simply the name of the Serrano people, and that name comes from Spanish 'serrano' meaning 'from the mountains'. So the language called Serrano is literally the 'mountain people's' language.