Klamath-Modoc > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Klamath-Modoc
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Lutuami; Modoc; Klamath; E-ukshikni
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
1 (1998). Ethnic population: 165 (2000 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
1
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
kla
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Penutian, Sahaptian (Shahaptian)
Parent Subgroup:
Klamath; Lutuami; Klamath-Modoc (klmo)
Brief Description:
"Klamath-Modoc is the Plateau (Plateau Penutian) language originally spoken, in shallowly differentiated dialects, by both the Klamaths of south-central Oregon and the Modocs of the Tule Lake area in adjacent northeastern California. After the Modoc War of 1872-1873 about 150 Modocs were relocated in Oklahoma, the remainder merging into the Klamath community. The Modoc dialect is extinct in Oklahoma. The Klamath dialect has continued to be spoken in and around the former reservation community of Chiloquin, Oregon. In 2001 only one very elderly first-language speaker survived." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16-17
UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Klamath-Modoc
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