Shasta language

Shasta
Native toUnited States
Regionprimarily northern California
EthnicityShasta people
Extinct1980s
Hokan ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3sht
Glottologshas1239
  Shasta
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The Shasta language is an extinct Shastan language formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon. It was spoken in a number of dialects, possibly including Okwanuchu. By 1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, were alive. Today, all ethnic Shasta people speak English as their first language. According to Golla, there were four distinct dialects of Shasta:[1]

  1. ^ Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. University of California Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9780520266674. OCLC 767533019.