Cahto
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Cahto is an extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by the Cahto people of northern California’s Pacific Coast region.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToGrouping | California Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOf | Na-Dene language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn | field notes by linguists in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| endonym | Kato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Cahto people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| geographicArea | Pacific Coast region of northern California ⓘ |
| glottocode | caht1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Cahto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Cahto Apache
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cahto Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-contact and early post-contact California ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ktw ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | no known native speakers ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mendocino County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Mattole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sinkyone NERFINISHED ⓘ Wailaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern California ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hupa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mattole–Bear River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tolowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Wailaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Cahto people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInPastBy | Native Americans in northern California ⓘ |
| subfamily | Pacific Coast Athabaskan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking syntax
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ tone-less phonology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Cahto people for traditional cultural practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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