Shasta language

Shasta
Shasta
Native to	United States
Region	primarily northern California
Ethnicity	Shasta people
Extinct	1978, with the death of Clara Wicks[contradictory]
Language family	Hokan ? Shasta–Palaihnihan Shastan Shasta; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sht
Glottolog	shas1239
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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]

Ikirakácˑu (Oregon Shasta)
Iruhikwáˑcˑu (Klamath River Shasta)
Uwáˑtuhúcˑu (Scott Valley Shasta)
Ahútˑireˀeˑcˑu (Shasta Valley Shasta)

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

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

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