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Name:
Hupa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Hoopa-Chilula; Hupa-Chilula-Whilkut; Hoopa
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
8 (1998 J. Brook), decreasing. Ethnic population: 223 (2000 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
12
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
8
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
hup
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit (Eyak-Athabaskan, Na-Dene, Dene-Yeniseian)
Parent Subgroup:
California Athabaskan; California Division; California; California Athapaskan (cali)
Brief Description:
"Hupa, the only surviving language of the California Athabaskan subgroup, is spoken on the Hoopa Valley Reservation in northwest California. There are fewer than 12 fluent first-language speakers, all elderly." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 15
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Hupa
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