Wiyot (language)
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Wiyot (also Wishosk ; wíyat , indigenous name for the delta of the Eel River or for a main group of the Wyots) is an extinct, indigenous American language that belongs to the Algic language family .
This language was previously spoken by the Wiyot people on Humboldt Bay in California . The last native speaker, Della Prince, died in 1962. Some Wiyots are trying to revive this language.
classification
The Wiyot is combined with Yurok to form the Ritwan language family. Together with the Algonquin languages , these in turn form the Algic language family . While the classification of the Algerian languages is widely recognized, the postulation of the Ritwan language family is controversial.
literature
- Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America . New York: Oxford University Press.
- Dixon, Roland; & Kroeber, Alfred L. (1913). New linguistic families in California. American Anthropologist , 5 , 1-26.
- Elsasser, Albert B. (1978). Wiyot. In RF Heizer (Ed.), California (pp. 153-163). Handbook of North American Indians (Vol. 8) (WC Sturtevant (Ed.)). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution.
- Goddard, Ives. (1975). Algonquian, Wiyot, and Yurok: Proving a distant genetic relationship . In MD Kinkade, KL Hale, & O. Werner (Eds.), Linguistics and anthropology in honor of CF Voegelin (pp. 249-262). Lisse: Peter de Ridder Press.
- Goddard, Ives. (1979). Comparative Algonquian. In L. Campbell & M. Mithun (Eds.), The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment (pp. 70-132). Austin: University of Texas Press.
- Goddard, Ives. (1990). Algonquian linguistic change and reconstruction. In P. Baldi (Ed.), Linguistic change and reconstruction methodology (pp. 99-114). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Haas, Mary R. (1958). Algonkian-Ritwan: The end of a controversy. International Journal of American Linguistics , 24 , 159-173.
- Michelson, Truman. 1914. Two alleged Algonquian languages of California. American Anthropologist , 16 , 361-367.
- Michelson, Truman. 1915. Rejoinder (to Edward Sapir). American Anthropologist , 17 , 4-8.
- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X .
- Sapir, Edward. 1913. Wiyot and Yurok, Algonkin languages of California. American Anthropologist , 15 , 617-646.
- Sapir, Edward. (1915) a. Algonquin languages of California: A reply. American Anthropologist , 17 , 188-194.
- Sapir, Edward. (1915) b. Epilogue. American Anthropologist , 17 , 198.
- Teeter, Karl V. (1964) a. Algonquian languages and genetic relationship. In Proceedings of the ninth international congress of linguists (pp. 1026-1033). The Hague: Mouton.
- Teeter, Karl V. (1964) b. The Wiyot language . University of California publications in linguistics. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Web links
- Language Geek: Wiyot
- Wiyot language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages