Southern Pomo language
| Southern Pomo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Northern California |
| Extinct | 2014 |
| Revival | 2010s |
Pomoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | peq |
| Glottolog | sout2984 |
| ELP | Southern Pomo |
The seven Pomoan languages with an indication of their pre-contact distribution within California; Southern Pomo in purple | |
Southern Pomo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Southern Pomo is one of seven mutually unintelligible Pomoan languages which were spoken by the Pomo people in Northern California along the Russian River and Clear Lake. The Pomo languages have been grouped together with other so-called Hokan languages. Southern Pomo is unique among the Pomo languages in preserving, perhaps, the greatest number of syllables inherited from Proto-Pomo (the proto-language from which all seven Pomo languages descend).