Wailaki language
| Wailaki | |
|---|---|
| Eel River | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | California |
| Ethnicity | Eel River Athapaskans |
| Extinct | 1960s |
| Revival | 2010s |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wlk |
qt8 | |
| Glottolog | wail1244 |
| ELP | Eel 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 | |
Wailaki, also known as Eel River, is an extinct and revitalizing 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. While less documented than Hupa, it is considered to be close to it. It went dormant in the 1960s, but in modern times it is being revived.