Washo language
E75283
The Washo language is a Native American language isolate traditionally spoken by the Washoe people of the Lake Tahoe region in California and Nevada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washo language canonical | 7 |
Statements (48)
| 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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Sierra Nevada
|
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Washoe people ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Lake Tahoe Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Tahoe region
Nevada ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.