North America · ISO 639-3 klb · Glottocode kili1268
Kiliwa
Kiliwa brings into view a nearly extinct language tradition classified in the Cochimi-Yuman family, whose geographic entry must be read only as a reference point.
- Language family
- Cochimi-Yuman
- Likely script
- Latin (Latn)
- Source status
- nearly extinct
- Macroarea
- North America
- Source country codes
- MX
- Reference point
- 30.547, -115.123
Open research question
Which sources can determine speaker numbers, multilingualism, and changes in transmission for Kiliwa more precisely and over time?
This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.
Scholarly boundary
The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.