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Wailaki language information


Wailaki
Eel River
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
EthnicityEel River Athapaskans
Extinct1960s[1]
Language family
Dené–Yeniseian?
  • Na-Dené
    • Athabaskan
      • Pacific Coast Athabaskan
        • California Athabaskan
          • Wailaki
Dialects
  • Sinkyone
  • Wailaki
  • Nongatl
  • Lassik
Language codes
ISO 639-3wlk
Glottologwail1244
ELPEel River Athabaskan
Wailaki and other California Athabaskan languages.

Wailaki, also known as Eel River, is an extinct Athabaskan language spoken by the people of the Round Valley Reservation of northern California, one of four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. Dialect clusters reflect the four Wailaki-speaking peoples, the Sinkyone, Wailaki, Nongatl, and Lassik, of the Eel River confederation.

  1. ^ Wailaki at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon

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