Chimariko language

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The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hokan language
Native American language
extinct language
indigenous language of California
alternativeName Chimariko
associatedRiver Trinity River
basicWordOrder SOV
belongsTo Chimariko cultural area
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
documentedBy J. P. Harrington
Roland B. Dixon NERFINISHED
documentedIn early 20th century
ethnicGroup Chimariko people
extinctionCause language shift to English
population decline
glottologCode chim1300
glottologName Chimariko
hasDocumentationType grammatical notes
texts
word lists
hasEndonym Chimariko
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology
pronominal affixes on verbs
use of suffixes
hasLinguisticRelation possibly related to Palaihnihan languages
possibly related to Pomoan languages
possibly related to Shastan languages
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasResearchTopic contact with Athabaskan languages
genetic classification within Hokan
ISO639-3 cid
isPartOf Hokan languages
surface form: Hokan language phylum (hypothetical)

American Indian languages
surface form: Native languages of North America
languageFamily Hokan (proposed)
surface form: Hokan
languageFamilyStatus proposed
languageStatus no native speakers remaining
linguisticTypology polysynthetic language
morphologyType polysynthetic
neighboringLanguage Hupa language
Karuk language
Shasta language
Wintu language
region northwestern California
spokenIn Trinity River Basin
surface form: Trinity River region
status extinct
writingSystem Latin script

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California Hokan comprises Chimariko language
Hokan languages includes Chimariko language