Atsugewi language

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The Atsugewi language is an extinct Native American language of northeastern California, traditionally spoken by the Atsugewi people in the Pit River region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Atsugewi language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
extinct language
natural language
closeTo Achumawi language
continent North America
country United States of America
culturalRegion California cultural area
documentedBy David Olmsted
Maurice Swadesh
linked to: Morris Swadesh

Shirley Silver
documentedIn 20th century
endangeredStatus extinct language
ethnicGroup Atsugewi people
hasAlternativeName Atsuge
linked to: Atsugewi

Atsugewi
hasEndonym Atsugewi
hasGlottocode atsu1244
hasGlottologName Atsugewi
hasISO6393Code atw
hasLanguageCode ISO 639-3: atw
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
polysynthetic language
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verb morphology
derivational morphology
hasNeighboringLanguage Achumawi language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization
rich consonant inventory
hasSyntacticFeature basic word order SOV
isPartOfEthnolinguisticGroup Pit River Indians
linked to: Pit River tribes
languageFamily Palaihnihan
linguisticClassificationStatus Hokan affiliation disputed
partOf Pit River languages
linked to: Pit River language
region Northern California
spokenBy Atsugewi tribe
spokenIn California
Pit River region
linked to: Pit River Valley

United States
northeastern California
status extinct
subclassOf Hokan languages (proposed)
linked to: Hokan languages

Palaihnihan languages
traditionalTerritory Pit River basin
linked to: Pit River

northeastern Sacramento Valley
southern Cascade Range
usedBy Atsugewi people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wintuan languages arealContact Atsugewi language
Achumawi language relatedTo Atsugewi language
Atsugewi people language Atsugewi language
Hokan hypothesis includesProposedFamily Atsugewi language
Hokan stock hasProposedMember Atsugewi language