Karkin

English

Proper noun

Karkin

1. One of eight divisions of the Ohlone Native American people of northern California.
2. The spoken language by this people, an Ohlone dialect in the Utian family.

Derived terms

• Carquinez

Translations

division of Ohlone people

• Spanish: los carquines

spoken language

• Spanish: el carquines

References

• 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. →ISBN / 0160045754, pages 485.
• 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 Karkin, krb ⁠

Anagrams

• Karnik