Kashaya Pomo

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Kashaya Pomo is a distinct Pomoan language traditionally spoken by the Kashaya people of the Sonoma County region in northern California.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kashaya 7
Kashaya Pomo canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pomoan language
indigenous language of North America
language
associatedPeople Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria
closelyRelatedTo Central Pomo NERFINISHED
Northern Pomo NERFINISHED
Southern Pomo NERFINISHED
culturalDomain Kashaya traditional knowledge
oral literature
place names in Sonoma County
documentedBy Robert Oswalt
endonym Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo
hasAlternativeName Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo

Kashia Pomo
Southwestern Pomo NERFINISHED
hasDialects no widely recognized distinct dialects
hasGrammarDescription A Grammar of Kashaya by Robert L. Oswalt
hasLexicographicWork Kashaya-English dictionary materials by Robert Oswalt
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology
polysynthetic morphology
suffixing morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant clusters
contrastive glottalization
rich consonant inventory
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order
verb-final tendencies in some constructions
ISO639-3Code kju
languageFamily Hokan (proposed)
Pomoan
linked to: Pomo
numberOfSpeakers fewer than 100 (approximate, 21st century)
region northern California
linked to: Northern California
revitalizationEfforts community language classes
documentation and archiving projects
spokenBy Kashaya people NERFINISHED
spokenIn California
Sonoma County NERFINISHED
United States
status endangered
subclassOf Pomoan languages
traditionalTerritory Sonoma County coast
linked to: Sonoma Coast AVA

Stewarts Point area
usedFor ceremonial speech
everyday communication among Kashaya elders
traditional narratives
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Pomo hasDialect Kashaya Pomo
Southern Pomo relatedGroup Kashaya Pomo
Pomoan languages hasMember Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo
Pomoan languages languageFamilyOf Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo
Eastern Pomo hasNeighboringLanguage Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo
Northern Pomo isDistinctFrom Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo
Kashaya Pomo endonym Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo
Kashaya Pomo hasAlternativeName Kashaya
linked to: Kashaya Pomo