Karuk language
E76094
The Karuk language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Karuk people of northwestern California along the Klamath River.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
indigenous language of California ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alignment | nominative–accusative (with complex verbal morphology) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
central to Karuk ceremonies
ⓘ
vehicle of traditional stories and oral literature ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| hasDialects | no major dialectal division reported ⓘ |
| hasDigitalResource |
audio recordings of speakers
ⓘ
online dictionaries ⓘ orthography and spelling guides ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
aspect
ⓘ
directionals ⓘ evidential-like distinctions (via verbal morphology) ⓘ mode ⓘ number ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasLexicalDomain |
ceremonial and spiritual practices
ⓘ
rich vocabulary for riverine ecology ⓘ salmon fishing terminology ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationSupport |
Karuk Language Restoration Committee
ⓘ
Karuk people ⓘ
surface form:
Karuk Tribe
|
| hasPhoneme | glottal stop ⓘ |
| hasPhonemicContrast |
consonant length (gemination)
ⓘ
vowel length ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
limited consonant clusters
ⓘ
stress accent ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | kyh ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Hokan (proposed) ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Hupa language
ⓘ
Yurok language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | fewer than 100 fluent speakers ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Humboldt County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siskiyou County, California ⓘ Trinity County, California ⓘ |
| region |
Klamath River
ⓘ
northwestern California ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
curriculum development for schools ⓘ documentation projects ⓘ language immersion camps ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Karuk people ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Salmon River
ⓘ
surface form:
Salmon River area
Klamath River ⓘ
surface form:
middle Klamath River
|
| typology | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.