Wailaki language

Wailaki, also known as Eel River, is an extinct Athabaskan language spoken by the people of the Round Valley Reservation of northern California, one of four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. Dialect clusters reflect the four Wailaki-speaking peoples, the Sinkyone, Wailaki, Nongatl, and Lassik, of the Eel River confederation.

Wailaki
Eel River
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
EthnicityEel River Athapaskans
Extinct1960s[1]
Dialects
  • Sinkyone
  • Wailaki
  • Nongatl
  • Lassik
Language codes
ISO 639-3wlk
Glottologwail1244
ELPEel River Athabaskan
Wailaki and other California Athabaskan languages.
Eel River Athabaskan is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
[2]

Phonology

The sounds in Wailaki:

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plainsibilantlateral plainpal.
Nasal m[lower-alpha 1] n ŋ
Plosive plain p t ts[lower-alpha 1] tʃ k kʲ ʔ
aspirated tʰ tʃʰ kʰ kʲʰ
ejective tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʲʼ
Fricative s ɬ ʃ ɣ h
Approximant l j w[lower-alpha 1]
  1. Sounds /m, ts, w/ are rather rare.

Vowels

Vowels in Wailaki are /i e a o/, and with length as /iː eː aː oː/.

References
  1. Wailaki at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
  2. Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11.
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