Wiyot language
E282871
The Wiyot language is a nearly extinct Native American language once spoken by the Wiyot people of northwestern California, known for its complex verb morphology and its role in establishing the Algic language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wiyot language canonical | 9 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algic language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alignmentType | nominative–accusative ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Wiyot ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedBy |
J. P. Harrington
ⓘ
Karl V. Teeter ⓘ R. H. Robins ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Wiyot ⓘ |
| extinctionRisk | critically endangered ⓘ |
| glottocode | wiyo1246 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
case-marking on nouns
ⓘ
complex phonology ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ derivational verb morphology ⓘ incorporation of nouns in verbs ⓘ obviative-like distinctions ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ prefixing and suffixing verb morphology ⓘ pronominal affixes on verbs ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ stress accent ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | very few fluent speakers in the 21st century ⓘ |
| hasPhonemeInventory |
moderate consonant inventory
ⓘ
small vowel inventory ⓘ |
| hasResource | grammars and dictionaries compiled by linguists ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central to demonstration of Algic genetic relationship
ⓘ
key evidence for Algic language family ⓘ |
| historicalRange |
Eel River Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Eel River area
Humboldt Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Humboldt Bay area
Mad River area ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | wiy ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algic ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Northwest California linguistic area ⓘ |
| region | northwestern California ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Yurok language ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Wiyot people ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
nearly extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Wiyot–Yurok ⓘ |
| typologicalClass |
fusional–agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Wiyot Tribe of the Table Bluff Reservation ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.