Salinan
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Summary
Salinan is a language[1]. Salinan ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: dead language[4], extinct language[5]
- Subclass of: Indigenous languages of the Americas[6], Hokan[7]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1958[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Salinan language[9]
- Indigenous to: California[10]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SLN[11]
- Ethnologue language status: 9 Dormant[12]
Why It Matters
Salinan has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Salinan is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]