Washo language

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

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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.

Hokan languages includes Washo language
California Hokan comprises Washo language
Washoe people language Washo language
Washo hasAlternativeName Washo language