Also Known As:
Washoe, Washoa
Dialects & Varieties
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Severely Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
(Unchanged 2016.)
(Unchanged 2016.)
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
"A number of children and young adults have acquired moderate L2 fluency."
Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
1,500
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
USA
Location Description
"California-Nevada border southeast of Lake Tahoe."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Latin
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
By Alfred Louis Kroeber, this PDF has lots of information on grammar and words and the like.