What Does Diegueno Mean?

Kumeyaay, also known as Central Diegueño, Kamia, and Campo, is the Native American language spoken by the Kumeyaay people of southern San Diego and Imperial counties in California. Hinton suggested a conservative estimate of 50 native speakers of Kumeyaay.

What does Diegueño mean in English?

1a : an Indian people of southern California. b : a member of such people. 2 : a Yuman language of the Diegueño people.

What did the diegueno wear?

Children and men usually wore no clothes. Men used a belt around their waist on which they could fasten things they needed to carry. Women wore an apron-like skirt, sometimes with just one piece in front, sometimes with a second piece in the back.

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