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Wiyot (also Wishosk) is an extinct Algic language, formerly spoken by the Wiyot people of Humboldt Bay, California. The language's
last native speaker, Della Prince, died in 1962. Some Wiyots are attempting a revival of the language. Concerning the etymology
of Wiyot (AKA Wishosk), Lyle Campbell writes, Wiyot is from wíyat, the native name for the Eel River delta, which also referred
to one of the three principal groups of Wiyots . He also notes: The connection of Wiyot and Yurok in northern California
(which together were formerly called 'Ritwan, after Dixon and Kroeber's grouping of the two as one of their more remote Californian
stocks) with Algonquian was first proposed by Sapir (1913) and was quite controversial at that time (see Michelson 1914, 1915;
Sapir 1915a, 1915b; see also Chapter 2), but the relationship has subsequently been demonstrated to the satisfaction of all
(see Haas 1958; Teeter 1964a; Goddard 1975, 1979, 1990). Before 1850 the Yurok lived on the lower Klamath River. The Wiyot
(earlier called Wishosk) lived in the Humboldt Bay area, in the redwood belt; the last fully fluent speaker died in 1962 (Teeter
1964b). Many scholars have commented that although Wiyot and Yurok are neighbors in northern California, they seem not to
have a closer relationship with each other than either has with Algonquian. |
Names (more)[br] Wiyoteg[de] Wiyot [en] Wiyot language [fi] Wiyot [fr] Wiyot [nl] Wiyot [nn] Wiyot-språket [ru] Вийот [es] Idioma wiyot |
Language type : Extinct
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : wiyLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/wiyhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:wiy More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: wiyFreebase ISO 639-3 : wiy GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |