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Wailaki language

Wailaki language

Extinct Athabaskan language of California

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.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...
Wailaki and other California Athabaskan languages.

Phonology

The sounds in Wailaki:

Consonants

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...
  1. Sounds /m, ts, w/ are rather rare.

Vowels

Vowels in Wailaki are /i e a o/, and with length as /iː eː aː oː/.

References

  1. [1]
    Wailaki at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  • Goddard, Pliny E. (1923). "Wailaki Texts". International Journal of American Linguistics. 2 (3/4): 77–135. doi:10.1086/463738. JSTOR 1263274. S2CID 224806395.
  • Seaburg, William R. (1977). "A Wailaki (Athapaskan) Text with Comparative Notes". International Journal of American Linguistics. 43 (4): 327–332. doi:10.1086/465503. S2CID 144969995.
  • Begay, Kayla Rae (2017). Wailaki Grammar (Ph.D. thesis). University of California Berkeley.
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