Extinct language of Shasta people in Western United States
Shasta
Native to
United States
Region
primarily northern California
Ethnicity
Shasta people
Extinct
1978, with the death of Clara Wicks[contradictory]
Language family
Hokan ?
Shasta–Palaihnihan
Shastan
Shasta
Language codes
ISO 639-3
sht
Glottolog
shas1239
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The Shasta language is an extinct Shastan language formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon. It was spoken in a number of dialects, possibly including Okwanuchu. By 1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, were alive. Today, all ethnic Shasta people speak English as their first language. According to Golla, there were four distinct dialects of Shasta:[1]
Ikirakácˑu (Oregon Shasta)
Iruhikwáˑcˑu (Klamath River Shasta)
Uwáˑtuhúcˑu (Scott Valley Shasta)
Ahútˑireˀeˑcˑu (Shasta Valley Shasta)
^Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. University of California Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9780520266674. OCLC 767533019.
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