Wailaki

E886296

Wailaki is an Indigenous Athabaskan language traditionally spoken by the Wailaki people of northern California.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wailaki canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
moribund language ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Round Valley Indian Tribes ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bear River language ⓘ
Hupa ⓘ
Mattole ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
documentedBy linguists in the 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Wailaki ⓘ
hasDialect Eel River Wailaki ⓘ
North Fork Wailaki ⓘ
hasFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
tone-less phonology ⓘ
iso639-3 wlk ⓘ
languageBranch Na-Dene ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan ⓘ
region Eel River area ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community-based language programs ⓘ
spokenIn northern California ⓘ
linked to: Northern California
status nearly extinct ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
subgroup California Athabaskan ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Wailaki people ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Eel River watershed in California ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Yuki → neighboringPeople → Wailaki ⓘ
Wailaki → ethnicGroup → Wailaki ⓘ
Lassik → relatedTo → Wailaki ⓘ
Kato → closelyRelatedTo → Wailaki ⓘ
Cahto → neighboringLanguages → Wailaki ⓘ
Cahto → relatedTo → Wailaki ⓘ
Mattole → isRelatedTo → Wailaki ⓘ