Roscinda Nolasquez

Roscinda Nolasquez (1892 – February 4, 1987)[1] was a Cupeño, and the last speaker of the Cupeño language of Southern California. She made a serious effort late in her life to help document and preserve the Cupeño language, working among others with linguists Jane Hill and Roderick Jacobs.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Brigandi, P. (2009). "Roscinda Nolasquez Remembered". The Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 9 (1): 3.

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