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Rumsen language

Rumsen
San Carlos, Rumsun, Rumsien
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
EthnicityRumsen people
ExtinctMay 21st, 1939, with the death of Isabel Meadows[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Southern Ohlone [css])
Glottologrums1243
Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo, where many Rumsen were brought to live in the Mission Era.

The Rumsen language (also known as Rumsien, Rumsun,[2] San Carlos Costanoan and Carmeleno) is one of eight Ohlone languages, historically spoken by the Rumsen people of Northern California. The Rumsen language was spoken from the Pajaro River to Point Sur, and on the lower courses of the Pajaro, as well as on the Salinas and Carmel Rivers, and the region of the present-day cities of Salinas, Monterey and Carmel.

Myth of the Coyote in the Rumsen language recorded by Alfred L. Kroeber in 1902
Body parts in Rumsen
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hinton430 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Callaghan, Catherine A. (October 1988). "Karkin Revisited". International Journal of American Linguistics. 54 (4): 436–452. doi:10.1086/466096. ISSN 0020-7071.

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