Washo language

E75283

Native American language language language isolate

The Washo language is a Native American language isolate traditionally spoken by the Washoe people of the Lake Tahoe region in California and Nevada.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language → language → language isolate →
associatedPeople	Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California →
basicWordOrder	SOV →
classificationStatus	unrelated to surrounding Numic languages →
country	United States →
endangeredStatus	severely endangered →
ethnicGroup	Washoe people →
glottocode	wash1253 →
glottologName	Washo →
hasAspectMarking	yes →
hasCaseMarking	yes →
hasDialects	northern Washo → southern Washo →
hasEvidentials	yes →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English → Spanish → neighboring Native American languages →
hasNounIncorporation	yes →
hasNumberDistinction	dual → plural → singular →
hasPersonMarkingOnVerb	yes →
hasStressSystem	yes →
hasVoicelessVowels	yes →
ISO639-3Code	was →
languageFamily	language isolate →
morphologicalType	agglutinative language → polysynthetic language →
neighboringLanguages	Maidu language → Miwok languages → Northern Paiute language →
phonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length → ejective consonants →
region	Carson Valley → Washoe Valley → eastern Sierra Nevada →
revitalizationEffort	community language classes → documentation projects →
spokenBy	Washoe people →
traditionalRegion	California → Lake Tahoe region → Nevada →
usedIn	ceremonial contexts → oral literature → traditional narratives →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
California Hokan →	comprises
Hokan languages →	includes
Maiduan languages →	neighboringLanguageFamily