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Name:
Kashaya
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Southwestern Pomo; Southwest Pomo; Kashayn; Kashia
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
45 (1994 L. Hinton), decreasing
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
24
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
45
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
kju
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Pomoan (Kulanapan)
Parent Subgroup:
Southern Group; Southern Group Pomoan (gpzt)
Brief Description:
"Kashaya or Southwestern Pomo is a language of the Pomoan family, spoken by several dozen people along the California coast near the mouth of the Russian River." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Kashaya
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