The Tamyen language (also spelled as ''Tamien'', ''Thamien'') is one of eight
Ohlone languages, once spoken by
Tamyen people in
Northern California
Northern California (colloquially known as NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Spanning the state's northernmost 48 counties, its main population centers incl ...
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''Tamyen'' (also called ''Santa Clara Costanoan'') has been extended to mean the
Santa Clara Valley Indians, as well as for the language they spoke. Tamyen is listed as one of the Costanoan language dialects in the
Utian family. It was the primary language that Natives spoke at the first and second
Mission Santa Clara (both founded in 1777). Linguistically, it is thought that
Chochenyo
The Chochenyo (also called Chocheño, Chocenyo) are one of the divisions of the indigenous Ohlone (Costanoan) people of Northern California. The Chochenyo reside on the east side of the San Francisco Bay (the East Bay), primarily in what is no ...
, Tamyen and
Ramaytush were close dialects of a single language.
See also
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Ohlone tribes and villages in Santa Clara Valley
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Tamien Station
Notes
Further reading
* Levy, Richard. 1978. ''Costanoan'', in ''Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 8 (California)''. William C. Sturtevant, and Robert F. Heizer, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. / 0160045754, pages 485-495.
* Milliken, Randall. ''A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area 1769-1910'' Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1995. (alk. paper)
* Teixeira, Lauren. ''The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide''. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. .
External links
Tamyen Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Comparative vocabulary, TamyenTamyen, California Language ArchiveTamyen, Papers of John P. Harrington, Part 2, Northern and Central CaliforniaTamien Nation, language, and culture
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Ohlone languages
Extinct languages of North America
History of the San Francisco Bay Area
Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area
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