The Campo Dialect of Kumeyaay (dih-kum) Campo (dih) > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Campo
Alternate Names:
Ipai; Kumeyaay; Tipai; Diegueño du nord (in French); Tipai (Mexique) (in French); Diegueño (États-Unis d'Amérique) (in French); Tipai (Estados Unidos) (in Spanish); Quemayá; Comeya; Kumeyaai; Kamiyai; Kamiyahi; Ki-Miai; Kumia; Ko'al; Ku'ahl; Kw'aal; Kumiai; Diegueño; Tipái; Tipai'; Tipéi; Cochimí; Cuchimí; Kamia; Kamiai; California; Central-Eastern; Diegueño (Mesa Grande); Southern Diegueño; Baja California Yuman
Spoken in:
Mexico, USA
Number of speakers:
220 in Mexico (Cuarón and Lastra 1991). Population total all countries: 330
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
230
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
295
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
dih
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Yuman-Cochimi (Cochimi-Yuman)
Parent Language:
Kumeyaay; Campo (dih-kum)
Parent Dialect:
Campo; Ipai; Kumeyaay; Tipai; Diegueño du nord (fra); Tipai (Mexique) (fra); Diegueño (États-Unis d'Amérique) (fra); Tipai (Estados Unidos) (spa); Quemayá; Comeya; Kumeyaai; Kamiyai; Kamiyahi; Ki-Miai; Kumia; Ko'al; Ku'ahl; Kw'aal; Kumiai; Diegueño; Tipái; Tipai'; Tipéi; Cochimí; Cuchimí; Kamia; Kamiai; California; Central-Eastern; Diegueño (Mesa Grande); Southern Diegueño; Baja California Yuman (dih)
Brief Description:
"Diegueño is the general term for a complex of Yuman dialects spoken in southern California and northern Baja California. Three emergent languages are recognised within this complex: Ipai, or Northern Diegueño, is spoken by a small number of elderly people in four communities in northwestern San Diego County, including Mesa Grande, Santa Ysabel, San Pasqual, and Barona. Kumeyaay is spoken in several locations in central and southern San Diego County, the most important of these being Campo. There are between 40 and 50 fluent speakers. In recent years the entire Diegueño dialect complex has also been referred to as Kumeyaay, creating some confusion.) Tipai is spoken by approximately 100 people in several communities in northern Baja California, as far south as Ensenada nad Santa Catarina, and also in California by the Jamul community near San Diego. The distinction between Kumeyaay and Tipai is perhaps more political and social than it is linguistic, and is greatly influenced by the US-Mexican border." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 14
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
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