Yurok language

Yurok
Pueleekla’
Instructor teaching Yurok with the Yurok Language Program
Native toUnited States
RegionNorthwestern California
EthnicityYurok
Extinct2013, with the death of Archie Thompson[1]
Revival350 with some knowledge, 35 fluent L2 speakers as of 2020[1]
Algic
  • Yurok
Latin, Unifon (historically)
Language codes
ISO 639-3yur
Glottologyuro1248
ELPYurok
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Welcome sign with Yurok greeting, "Aiy-yu-kwee'"

Yurok (also Chillula, Mita, Pekwan, Rikwa, Sugon, Weitspek, Weitspekan) is an Algic language.[2] It is the traditional language of the Yurok people of Del Norte County and Humboldt County on the far north coast of California, most of whom now speak English. The last known native speaker, Archie Thompson, died in 2013.[1] As of 2012, Yurok language classes were taught to high school students, and other revitalization efforts were expected to increase the population of speakers.[3]

The standard reference on the Yurok language grammar is by R. H. Robins (1958).[4]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference romney was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Campbell (1997:152)
  3. ^ Atherton (2010)
  4. ^ Robins, Robert H. 1958. The Yurok Language: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon. University of California Publications in Linguistics 15.