| Tolowa | |
|---|---|
| Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni’ Wee-ya’ | |
| Pronunciation | /tʰaːlaːwa teːniʔ weːjaʔ/ |
| Native to | USA |
| Region | southwest Oregon |
| Ethnicity | 100 Chetco (1977);[1] 1,000 Tolowa (2000)[2] |
| Extinct | 1990s[3] |
| Revival | L2 speakers since 1980s |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:tol – Tolowactc – Chetco |
| Glottolog | tolo1259 |
| ELP | Tolowa |
The Tolowa language (also called Chetco-Tolowa, or Siletz Dee-ni) is a member of the Pacific Coast subgroup of the Athabaskan language family. Together with three other closely related languages (Lower Rogue River Athabaskan, Upper Rogue River Athabaskan or Galice-Applegate and Upper Umpqua or Etnemitane) it forms a distinctive Oregon Athabaskan cluster within the subgroup.
- ^ Tolowa language at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
- ^ Tolowa language at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
- ^ Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4.
