Pomoan languages

Pomoan
Pomo
EthnicityPomo people
Geographic
distribution
California
Linguistic classificationHokan ?
  • Pomoan
Language codes
Glottologpomo1273
Pre-contact distribution of Pomoan languages

The Pomoan, or Pomo /ˈpm/,[1] languages are a small family of seven languages indigenous to northern California spoken by the Pomo people, whose ancestors lived in the valley of the Russian River and the Clear Lake basin. Four languages are extinct, and all surviving languages except Kashaya have fewer than ten speakers.

  1. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh