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Name:
Wiyot
Alternate Names:
Kowilth; Wishosk; Wiyoshk; Weyot
Once Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
No known speakers. Ethnic population: 450 (2000 A. Yamamoto)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
wiy
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Algic (Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok, Algonquian-Ritwan)
Parent Subgroup:
Wiyot; Wishoskan; Wiyotan Isolate (wiyo)
Brief Description:
"Wiyot was an Algic language of the Humboldt Bay region of northwestern California, distantly related to the Algonquian languages as well as to adjacent Yurok. It is the heritage language of the Wiyot tribe, whose principal modern community is at Table Bluff Rancheria near Ferndale. The last speaker died in 1961." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 25
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 Wiyot
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