Yahi language

Yahi language

Infobox language
name=Yahi
nativename=Native Name
familycolor=Isolate
states=USA
region=California
speakers=Extinct
fam1=Hokan?
fam2=Yanan
fam3=Southern Yanan
iso1=-
iso2b=-
iso3=ynn

Yahi is an extinct language formerly spoken in the upper Sacramento Valley area, roughly in the area between Mill Creek and Deer Creek. It is grouped with the Southern forms of the Yana languages which, together with Central and Northern Yana are an isolated group of languages.

Vocabulary/Lexis

Yahi distinguishes male and female forms with male forms, frequently marked with the suffix "-na", generally longer than female forms. Some examples are [Kroeber, T. "Ishi in two worlds" Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984] :auna - fire

Numerals

Some numerals from Sapir et al, [Sapir, E., Swadesh. M., Haas, M. "Yana Dictionary" University of California Press, 1960]

Example Phrases

History

The last documented speaker of Yahi was a man called Ishi who caused a scientific stir when he made contact with the outside world in 1911, long after the Yahi had been assumed to be extinct.

References

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ynn Ethnologue entry on the Yahi language]


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