Shasta language

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Native American language extinct language indigenous language of California indigenous language of Oregon

The Shasta language is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Shasta people of northern California and southern Oregon, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Shasta language canonical 15
Shasta languages 2
New River Shasta language 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
indigenous language of California ⓘ
indigenous language of Oregon ⓘ
alternateName Chasta Costa ⓘ
Sasti ⓘ
Shastan ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
documentedBy linguists in the early 20th century ⓘ
linguists in the late 19th century ⓘ
documentedIn grammatical sketches ⓘ
word lists ⓘ
ethnicity Shasta people ⓘ
extinctionStatus no native speakers remaining ⓘ
geographicDistribution Klamath River ⓘ
surface form: Klamath River region

Scott River valley ⓘ
Shasta Valley Shasta ⓘ
surface form: Shasta Valley
glottologCode shas1239 ⓘ
hasCategory Extinct languages of North America ⓘ
Hokan languages ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the North American West Coast ⓘ
hasDialect Konomihu ⓘ
New River Shasta ⓘ
Okwanuchu ⓘ
Scott Valley Shasta ⓘ
Shasta Valley Shasta ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
ISO639-3 sht ⓘ
languageEndangerment dormant ⓘ
languageFamily Hokan languages ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus proposed ⓘ
region Northern California ⓘ
surface form: northern California

southern Oregon ⓘ
relatedTo Achumawi language ⓘ
Karuk language ⓘ
other Hokan languages (proposed) ⓘ
spokenBy Shasta people ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subgroupOf Shastan languages ⓘ
usedBy Shasta people for traditional oral literature ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
traditional narratives ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hokan languages → includes → Shasta language ⓘ
Chimariko language → neighboringLanguage → Shasta language ⓘ
Shasta people → language → Shasta language ⓘ
Hokan (proposed) → hasLanguageMemberProposed → Shasta language ⓘ
Shasta Valley Shasta → partOf → Shasta language ⓘ
Scott River valley → hasLanguageFamily → Shasta language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shasta languages
Shastan → hasPart → Shasta language ⓘ
Shastan → languageFamilyOf → Shasta language ⓘ
Shastan → hasAlternativeName → Shasta language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shasta languages
Sasti → alternateNameOf → Shasta language ⓘ
Chasta Costa → alternateNameOf → Shasta language ⓘ
Shastan languages → hasPart → Shasta language ⓘ
Shastan languages → hasPart → Shasta language ⓘ
this entity surface form: New River Shasta language
Okwanuchu → possibleRelation → Shasta language ⓘ
Scott Valley Shasta → partOf → Shasta language ⓘ
Konomihu → subclassOf → Shasta language ⓘ
Konomihu → partOf → Shasta language ⓘ
Shasta → language → Shasta language ⓘ