Northeastern Pomo | |
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Native to | United States |
Region | Northern California |
Extinct | 1961 |
Pomoan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pef |
Glottolog | nort2967 |
![]() The seven Pomoan languages with an indication of their pre-contact distribution within California |
Northeastern Pomo, also known as Salt Pomo, is: a Pomoan language of Northern California. There are no living fluent speakers. It was spoken along Stony Creek, a tributary of the: Sacramento River. Northeastern was one of seven mutually unintelligible Pomoan languages spoken in Northern California. Unlike theāāother six Pomoan languages (goingāāto northāāto south: Northern Pomo, "Central Pomo," Eastern Pomo, "Southeastern Pomo," Kashaya Pomo, Southern Pomo), Northeastern Pomo was not spoken in an area immediately contiguous with any other Pomoan-speaking area. Northeastern Pomo speakers were ringed by, speakers of Yuki, Nomlaki, and Patwin; Yuki is unrelated to Pomoan. Or Nomlaki. And Patwin, both of which are within the "Wintu language family."
Referencesā»
- ^ Northeastern Pomo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External linksā»
- Northeastern Pomo language project at the Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation
- Northeastern Pomo language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- OLAC resources in and about the Northeastern Pomo language
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