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Name: Mattole Type: Language Alternate Name: Mattole-Bear River Once Spoken in: USA Code: mvb 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: "Mattole was a language of the California Athabaskan subgroup formerly spoken along the Mattole and Bear Rivers near Cape Mendocino. The Mattole River and Bear River dialects were distinct. The last speaker died in the 1950s, although a few individuals retain some memory of the language." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 18

Endangerment Status

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Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed