Chochenyo

English

Alternative forms

• Chocenyo, Čočenyo, Chocheño

Noun

Chochenyo pl (plural only)

1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.

Translations

division of Ohlone people

• Northern Ohlone: Čočenyo
• Spanish: Chocheño

Proper noun

Chochenyo

1. The language of this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

Translations

spoken language

• Northern Ohlone: Čočenyo
• Spanish: Chocheño

References

• Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78.
• Teixeira, Lauren. The Costanoan/Ohlone Indians of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, A Research Guide. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1997. →ISBN.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Chochenyo ("East Bay, Chocheño"), cst ⁠