Victor Golla | |
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Born | 1939 Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
Died | 2021 (aged 81–82) Trinidad, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Linguist |
Spouse | Ellen Golla |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Academic work | |
Main interests | Indigenous languages of California and Oregon |
Notable works | California Indian Languages (2011) |
Victor Golla (1939–2021) was a linguist who specialized in the indigenous languages of California and Oregon, especially the Pacific Coast Athabaskan subgroup of the Athabaskan language family and the languages of the region that belong to the Penutian phylum. He was emeritus professor of anthropology at Humboldt State University and lived in Trinidad, California.