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Name:
Makah
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kwe-Nee-Chee-Aht; Kweedishchaaht; Macaw; Maanyan
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
Ethnic population: 2,224 (2000 US census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
12
(UNESCO)
Code:
myh
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Wakashan
Parent Subgroup:
Nootkan; Southern Wakashan; South Wakashan; Aht; Nootkan Subfamily (swak)
Brief Description:
"Makah is the Southern Wakashan language spoken by the Makah Tribe, at Neah Bay on the northwest tip of the Olympic "Peninsula in Washington State. Of the other two Southern Wakashan languages, Nootka and Nitinaht, both spoken on Vancouver Island, Makah appears to be closer to the latter. About a dozen elderly first-language speakers survive." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 17
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Makah
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