Cahto language

Kato
Cahto
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia (Eel River)
EthnicityCahto people
Extinct1960s[1]
Revival2010s[2]
Latin (proposed)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ktw
Glottologkato1244

Cahto (also spelled Kato) is an extinct Athabaskan language that was formerly spoken by the Kato people of the Laytonville and Branscomb area at the head of the South Fork of the Eel River. It is one of the four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. Most Kato speakers were bilingual in Northern Pomo and some also spoke Yuki. It went extinct in the 1960s.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Kato at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Sally R. (1996-12-12). "Cahto Language Homepage". www.turtlenodes.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4. OCLC 668191602.