Achumawi language

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The Achumawi language is a nearly extinct Native American language traditionally spoken by the Achumawi (Pit River) people of northeastern California.

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Label Occurrences
Achumawi language canonical 4

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
endangered language
indigenous language of California
alternateName Achumawi
Pit River language
classificationStatus part of the Palaihnihan branch of hypothetical Hokan stock
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance key marker of Achumawi identity
documentedBy linguists
documentedIn dictionaries
grammars
text collections
endangermentCause historical assimilation policies
language shift to English
ethnicGroup Achumawi people NERFINISHED
Achomawi people
surface form: Pit River people
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology
numeral classifiers
postpositions rather than prepositions
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
glottalized consonants
rich consonant inventory
hasResourceType academic articles
archival recordings
field notes
ISO639-3 acv
languageFamily Palaihnihan
morphologicalType agglutinative language
primaryWordOrder SOV
region northeastern California
relatedTo Atsugewi language
revitalizationEfforts community language programs
documentation projects
spokenIn California reservations
Achomawi people
surface form: Pit River Indian communities
status nearly extinct
severely endangered
traditionalTerritory Modoc Plateau
Pit River
surface form: Pit River basin

upper Sacramento River region
usedBy Achumawi community
usedFor ceremonial speech
oral history
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Shasta language relatedTo Achumawi language
Wintuan languages arealContact Achumawi language
Scott Valley Shasta neighboringLanguages Achumawi language