Achumawi language
E372144
The Achumawi language is a nearly extinct Native American language traditionally spoken by the Achumawi (Pit River) people of northeastern California.
All labels observed (1)
| 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.