Barbareño language
Barbareño is one of the Chumashan languages, a group of Native Americans in [the United States|Native American] languages spoken almost exclusively in the area of Santa Barbara, California. A dialect of the Barbareño language was also "spoken at San [Emigdio Creek|San Emigdio] near Buena [Vista Lake]" in the southern Central Valley. This dialect, called Emigdiano, "was heavily influenced by Buena Vista Yokuts." Barbareño lost its last known native speaker in 1965 with the death of Mary Yee. Both Barbareño and Ineseño are currently undergoing processes of language revitalization.