esselen

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An indigenous population native to the region of Big Sur on the Central Coast of California

The language of this people

the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen people

the Hokan language spoken by the Esselen people a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey

a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey

Этимология

() The name Esselen "probably derived from the name of a major native village", possibly from the village known as Exse'ein, or the place called Eslenes the site of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The Spanish extended the term to mean the entire linguistic group (Hester 1978:498-499).