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Name:
Kato
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Cahto; Kuta; Batem-Da-Kai-Ee; Kai Po-Mo; Tlokeang
Once Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
No known speakers. Ethnic population: 92 (1982 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
ktw
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:
"Kato (Cahto) was the California Athabaskan language that was formerly spoken in Cahto Valley, near Laytonville. It was extensively documented around 1905-10 by P.E. Goddard, who published a grammatical sketch and a volume of narrative texts. The last fluent speaker died in the 1960s, but a few individuals remain who have fragmentary memories of the language." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Kato
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