Northern Yana

E366750

dialect extinct language variety

Northern Yana is a now-extinct dialect of the Yana language once spoken by Indigenous people in northern California.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect ⓘ extinct language variety ⓘ
alignment	active–stative features ⓘ
classificationStatus	often grouped within the Hokan hypothesis ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContext	Indigenous cultures of northern California ⓘ
documentationType	field notes ⓘ text collections ⓘ
documentedBy	Edward Sapir ⓘ
ethnicity	Yana people NERFINISHED ⓘ
extinction	20th century ⓘ
extinctLanguage	true ⓘ
ISO639-3	none ⓘ
languageEndangermentCause	colonial violence ⓘ disease ⓘ forced assimilation ⓘ
languageFamily	Yana ⓘ
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
morphology	polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ
numberOfNativeSpeakers	0 ⓘ
partOf	Yana language ⓘ surface form: Yana dialect continuum
phonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ
preservationStatus	known primarily from linguistic records ⓘ
region	Sacramento Valley ⓘ surface form: Sacramento Valley region
relatedTo	Southern Yana ⓘ
spokenBy	Indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
spokenIn	Northern California ⓘ surface form: northern California
status	extinct ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Yana language ⓘ
successorLanguage	English (as dominant replacement language) ⓘ
usedFor	ceremonial speech ⓘ everyday communication ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ
wordOrder	flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem	none (primarily oral language) ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yana language → hasDialect → Northern Yana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Yana

Yahi → relatedEthnicGroup → Northern Yana ⓘ

Yahi subgroup of Yana people → neighboringGroup → Northern Yana ⓘ

subject surface form: Yahi

this entity surface form: Yana (Northern Yana)

Southern Yana → relatedTo → Northern Yana ⓘ

Yana people → subgroup → Northern Yana ⓘ