Yurok language
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Yurok (also Chillula, Mita, Pekwan, Rikwa, Sugon, Weitspek, Weitspekan) is an Algic language.[2] It is the traditional language of the Yurok people of Del Norte County and Humboldt County on the far north coast of California, most of whom now speak English. The last known native speaker died in 2013.[1] As of 2012, Yurok language classes were taught to high school students, and other revitalization efforts were expected to increase the population of speakers.[3]
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Yurok | |
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Native to | United States |
Region | Northwestern California |
Ethnicity | Yurok |
Extinct | 26 March 2013, with the death of Archie Thompson[1] |
Revival | language revival in progress; 350 with some knowledge, 35 fluent L2 speakers[1] as of 2020[citation needed] |
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ISO 639-3 | yur |
Glottolog | yuro1248 |
ELP | Yurok |
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The standard reference on the Yurok language grammar is by R. H. Robins (1958).[4]