Kato

E886299

Kato is an indigenous Athabaskan language traditionally spoken in northern California by the Kato people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kato canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Cahto ⓘ
Kato Athabaskan ⓘ
belongsToGrouping California Athabaskan languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Eel River Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Mattole ⓘ
Wailaki ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
documentedBy Pliny Earle Goddard ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kato people ⓘ
extinctionCentury 20th century ⓘ
family Athabaskan ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
prefixing verb structure ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
toneless ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
hasResourceType grammatical description ⓘ
lexicon ⓘ
indigenousTo California ⓘ
linked to: California (state)
languageCodeISO639-3 ktw ⓘ
location Laytonville area ⓘ
Mendocino County, California ⓘ
linked to: Mendocino County

South Fork Eel River region ⓘ
macrofamily Na-Dene ⓘ
nativeName Kai Pomo ⓘ
region northern California ⓘ
linked to: Northern California
spokenBy Kato people ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subfamilyOf Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
traditionalUse ceremonial contexts ⓘ
everyday communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
UNESCOStatus extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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