Chilula

E887196

Chilula is an extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by an Indigenous people of northwestern California along the lower Redwood Creek area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chilula canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Na-Dene language ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
associatedPeople Chilula people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest California cultural area ⓘ
documentation limited ⓘ
endangeredStatus extinct language (no native speakers) ⓘ
endonymLanguageFamily Dene ⓘ
ethnicity Chilula ⓘ
extinctionReason colonialism in California ⓘ
languageShift to English ⓘ
geographicArea Humboldt County, California ⓘ
linked to: Humboldt County

Redwood Creek drainage ⓘ
glottocode chil1280 ⓘ
glottologName Chilula ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chilula Apache (historical misnomer) ⓘ
Chilula Athabaskan ⓘ
linked to: Sinkyone Athabaskan
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasGlottologEntry yes ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
prefixing verb structure ⓘ
tone-less phonology ⓘ
ISO639-3 cll ⓘ
languageBranch Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan ⓘ
Na-Dene ⓘ
linguisticClassificationLevel language ⓘ
macroArea North America ⓘ
neighboringLanguage Hupa ⓘ
Mattole ⓘ
Whilkut ⓘ
region northwestern California ⓘ
relatedTo Hupa language ⓘ
Mattole language ⓘ
Whilkut language ⓘ
spokenAlong lower Redwood Creek ⓘ
linked to: Redwood Creek
spokenBy Indigenous people of northwestern California ⓘ
spokenIn California ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subgroupOf California Athabaskan ⓘ
Pacific Coast Athabaskan ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Chilula people → hasEthnonym → Chilula ⓘ
Hupa → hasNeighboringLanguage → Chilula ⓘ
Chilula → ethnicity → Chilula ⓘ
Chilula → glottologName → Chilula ⓘ