Yana language

Yana
Yana
Native to	United States
Region	California
Ethnicity	Yana
Extinct	1916, with the death of Ishi
Language family	Hokan? Yana;
Dialects	Northern Central Southern Yahi;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ynn
Linguist List	ynn
Glottolog	yana1271
	Pre-contact distribution of the Yana language

The Yana language (also Yanan) is an extinct language that was formerly spoken by the Yana people, who lived in north-central California between the Feather and Pit rivers in what is now the Shasta and Tehama counties. The last speaker of the southernmost dialect, which is called Yahi, was Ishi, who died in 1916. When the last fluent speaker(s) of the other dialects died is not recorded. Yana is fairly well documented, mostly by Edward Sapir.

The names Yana and Yahi are derived from ya "people" plus an obligatory suffix, -na in the northern two dialects and -hi or -xi in the southern two dialects.^[2]

^ Parkvall, Mikael (2006). Limits of Language. London: Battlebridge. p. 51.
^ Sapir, Edward; Morris Swadesh (1960). Yana Dictionary. UCPL 22. Berkeley: University of California Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[1] Parkvall, Mikael (2006). Limits of Language. London: Battlebridge. p. 51.

[2] Sapir, Edward; Morris Swadesh (1960). Yana Dictionary. UCPL 22. Berkeley: University of California Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

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