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Washo language

Washo or Washoe (/ˈwɒ.ʃoʊ/; endonym wá꞉šiw ʔítlu) is an endangered Native American language isolate spoken by the Washo on the California–Nevada border in the drainages of the Truckee and Carson Rivers, especially around Lake Tahoe. While there were only 20 elderly native speakers of Washo as of 2011, since 1994 there had been a small immersion school…

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Washo
Ethnicity
Washoe people
Glottolog
wash1253
ISO 639-2
was
ISO 639-3
was
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Language isolate or Hokan ?

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Washo language

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Triples151
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Sources · 77
Washo language → Alan, American Indian, Americas, Amerindian Linguistics, Azevedo, Beginning Washo, Berkeley, Bright, California Press, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Campbell, Center, Chicago, DC, Department, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ethnography, Eugene, First Gropings
related to Classification · 24
Washo language → Berkeley, California, Grammar, Hokan, It, Jacobsen, Jacobsen's, Jr, Maidu, Maiduan, Nevada Oral History Program, Northern Paiute, Numic, PhD, Sierra Miwok, That, The, There, University, Utian
related to Further reading · 17
Washo language → Alfred, American Archaeology, California, California Publications, Dangberg, Ethnology, Frederic Ward, Grace, Kroeber, Lowie, Nevada, PDF, Putnam, Robert, The Washo, University, Washo
related to External links · 10
Washo language → California, Chicago Washo Revitalization ProjectWasho, Expert, Global Lexicostatistical DatabaseWasho, Online LexiconReno Linguist Foremost, Other Indian LanguagesOLAC, Survey, University, Washo, Washoe LanguageWasho
related to history · 9
Washo language → El Dorado County, In, It, Lakeview Commons Park, South Lake Tahoe, Tahnu Leweh, The Washoe Tribe, Tribe, Washo
related to Vowels · 4
Washo language → The, There, Vowels, Washo
ELP · 1
Washo language → Washo
Ethnicity · 1
Washo language → Washoe people
Glottolog · 1
Washo language → wash1253
ISO 639-2 · 1
Washo language → was

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washo language california university washoe american languages native nevada isbn hokan jacobsen isolate great basin immersion school vowels speakers pronounced

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Washo languageELPWasho1.00infobox
Washo languageEthnicityWashoe people1.00infobox
Washo languageGlottologwash12531.00infobox
Washo languageISO 639-2was1.00infobox
Washo languageISO 639-3was1.00infobox
Washo languageLanguage familyLanguage isolate or Hokan ?1.00infobox
Washo languageNative speakers20 (2011)1.00infobox
Washo languageNative toUnited States1.00infobox
Washo languageRegionCalifornia–Nevada border1.00infobox
Washo languageRevival19941.00infobox
Washo languagerelated to ClassificationWasho0.60section
Washo languagerelated to ClassificationThat0.60section

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