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Preferred term

wasWasho  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Washo language (Washo: wá:šiw ʔítlu) (also Washoe) is an endangered Native American language isolate spoken by the Washo on the California–Nevada border in the drainages of the Truckee and Carson Rivers, especially around Lake Tahoe. While there are very few speakers of Washo today (only 10 according to some; 252 according to the 2000 US Census ), there are Washo-language programs aimed at increasing the number of proficient speakers. The speakers of Washo at the end of the twentieth century included 64 individuals between the ages of 5 and 17, 4 of whom have limited English proficiency. The language has borrowed from the neighboring Uto-Aztecan, Maiduan and Miwokan languages and is connected to both the Great Basin and California sprachbunds.

Entry terms

  • Washo language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • was

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • was

ISO 639-3 code

  • was

Notation

  • was

In other languages

  • washo

    French

  • Washo
  • Washoe

    German

  • Washo-Sprache
  • washo

    Italian

  • washo

    Portuguese

  • washo

    Spanish

  • Idioma washo

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/was

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