Northern Pomo
Encyclopedia
Northern Pomo is an extinct
Pomoan language formerly spoken around Clear Lake in Lake County, California
by the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
, one of the several Pomo people
s.
The Northern Pomo language became extinct in 1994 with the death of Edna Guerrero.
Extinct language
An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers., or that is no longer in current use. Extinct languages are sometimes contrasted with dead languages, which are still known and used in special contexts in written form, but not as ordinary spoken languages for everyday communication...
Pomoan language formerly spoken around Clear Lake in Lake County, California
Lake County, California
Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. It takes its name from Clear Lake, the dominant geographic feature in the county and the largest natural lake wholly within California...
by the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo Indians in Lake County, California. The tribe's reservation, the Upper Lake Rancheria, is large and located near the town of Upper Lake in northwestern California.-History:...
, one of the several Pomo people
Pomo people
The Pomo people are an indigenous peoples of California. The historic Pomo territory in northern California was large, bordered by the Pacific Coast to the west, extending inland to Clear Lake, and mainly between Cleone and Duncans Point...
s.
The Northern Pomo language became extinct in 1994 with the death of Edna Guerrero.
External links
- Ethnologue: Pomo, Northern
- Vocabulary Words in Native American Languages: Pomo
- Field recordings of Northern Pomo conducted by Eero Vihman with Edna Guerrero
- Northern Pomo language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian LanguagesSurvey of California and Other Indian LanguagesThe Survey of California and Other Indian Languages at the University of California at Berkeley documents, catalogs, and archives the indigenous languages of the Americas...