The Achumawi language (also Achomawi or Pit River language) is the indigenous language spoken by the Pit River people in the northeast corner of present-day...

for "two" in the various Hokan languages: *xwak in Proto-Yuman, c-oocj (pronounced [koːkx]) in Seri, ha'k in Achumawi, etc. The "Hokan hypothesis" was...

is a language family of northeastern California. It consists of two closely related languages, both now extinct: Palaihnihan Atsugewi † Achumawi † (ís...

Achomawi (also Achumawi, Ajumawi and Ahjumawi) are the northerly nine (out of eleven) bands of the Pit River tribe of Palaihnihan Native Americans who...

expressions in the language. For a summary of the documentation of Atsugewi see Golla (2011: 98–99). Atsugewi is related to Achumawi. They have long been...

back wall of the pharynx. In a few languages, such as Achumawi, Amis of Taiwan and perhaps some of the Salishan languages, the two movements are combined...

spoke the Achumawi language. However, the language is being lost as new generations of Alturas Indians learn English as their native language. The ranchería...

role of a shaman and were credited with great spirital power. In the Achumawi language, they are known as yáh̓aawálu (pronounced [jə́ʜàːwə́lʊ̀]). They were...

classification symbol: Auxiliary aircraft carrier (ACV) Achumawi language, the native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California...

but related language, called by anthropologists Atsugewi. The historic homeland of the other eight bands that share the Achumawi language extended to...

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...

applicative constructions. List of extinct languages of North America From the Achumawi word for the speakers of this language, Lutuami, meaning "lake dwellers...

The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English)...

bands of the Pit River Tribe originally spoke two related languages, nine of them speaking Achumawi and two speaking Atsugewi (Atsuge and Apwaruke). They...

An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...

called Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English, and Geechee) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community)...

languages and ethnography. Rather than completing his doctorate at the Universities of Leipzig and Berlin, Harrington became a high-school language teacher...

An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...

[nɑ̀ːpèːhópìz̥ɑ̀ːt]) is a Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené family (proposed only), as are other languages spoken across the western areas of North...

native languages subsided until the age of reformation occurred. As stated by Michael E. Krauss, from the years 1960–1970, "Alaska Native Languages" went...

faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the islands...

German language at home. It is the second most spoken language in North Dakota (1.39% of its population) and is the third most spoken language in 16 other...

Unami (Delaware: Wënami èlixsuwakàn) is an Algonquian language initially spoken by the Lenape people in the late 17th century and the early 18th century...

The Massachusett language is an Algonquian language of the Algic language family that was formerly spoken by several peoples of eastern coastal and southeastern...

as Labrador. The Inuit languages are one of the two branches of the Eskimoan language family, the other being the Yupik languages, which are spoken in Alaska...

ih-NOO-pee-at), Iñupiatun or Alaskan Inuit, is an Inuit language, or perhaps group of languages, spoken by the Iñupiat people in northern and northwestern...

the language of the First Nations Saanich people in the Pacific Northwest region of northwestern North America. Saanich is a Coast Salishan language in...

traditionally spoke the Achumawi and Atsugewi languages, which are closely related. They are part of the Palaihnihan branch of the Hokan language family. Some members...

[dʒalaˈɡî ɡawónihisˈdî]) is an endangered-to-moribund Iroquoian language and the native language of the Cherokee people. Ethnologue states that there were 1...

The Blackfoot language, also called Siksiká (/ˈsɪksəkə/ SIK-sə-kə; Blackfoot: [sɪksiká], ᓱᖽᐧᖿ) is an Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot or Niitsitapi...