Kwatl language

Kwatl
Kwatl
Koʼalh
Native to	Mexico
Region	Baja California
Ethnicity	Kumeyaay
Native speakers	2 (2025)
Language family	Yuman–Cochimí Core Yuman Delta–California Kwatl; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	kwat1246 Kwatl

Kwatl, also known as Koʼalh, is a Yuman language spoken by the Kumeyaay people in Baja California. It was once considered a dialect of Tiipay. Speakers live in the Paipai community of Santa Catarina. Only two people speak Kwatl.

References

1 2 "En el lecho de muerte de la lengua ku'ahl". Nuestro Tiempo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-10-31.
↑ Wilken, Michael Alan. 2012. An ethnobotany of Baja California's Kumeyaay Indians. San Diego State University MA thesis. p. 45-46.

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[Nuestro_Tiempo-1-1] 1 2 "En el lecho de muerte de la lengua ku'ahl". Nuestro Tiempo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-10-31.

[2] Wilken, Michael Alan. 2012. An ethnobotany of Baja California's Kumeyaay Indians. San Diego State University MA thesis. p. 45-46.