Okwanuchu language

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Okwanuchu
Native to	United States
Region	northern California
Ethnicity	Okwanuchu
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Hokan ? Shasta–Palaihnihan Shastan Shasta proper? Okwanuchu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Linguist List	`qk8`

Okwanuchu is an extinct Shastan language formerly spoken in northern California.

References [edit]

Mithun, Marianne (1999), The Languages of Native North America, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

v t e Languages of California

Italics indicate extinct languages

Algic	Wiyot Yurok

Athabascan	Tolowa Hupa Mattole Kato Wailaki

Chumashan	Obispeño Island Chumash Purisimeño Ineseño Barbareño Ventureño

Ohlone	Karkin Chochenyo Ramaytush Tamyen Awaswas Mutsun Rumsen Chalon

Hokan	Chimariko Karuk Achomawi Atsugewi Northeastern Pomo Eastern Pomo Southeastern Pomo Northern Pomo Central Pomo Southern Pomo Kashaya Washo Mojave Kumeyaay Yana Yahi

Penutian	Klamath-Mudoc Yokuts Wintu Bay Miwok Coast Miwok Lake Miwok Plains Miwok Central Sierra Miwok Southern Sierra Miwok Northern Sierra Miwok Valley Maidu Northeast Maidu Northwest Maidu Nisenan

Shastan	Konomihu New River Shasta Okwanuchu Shasta

Uto Aztecan	Cahuilla Cupeño Kawaiisu Kitanemuk Luiseño-Juaneño Mono Northern Paiute Panamint Serrano Shoshone Tataviam Tongva Ute

Wintuan	Nomlaki Patwin Southern Patwin Wintu

Yokutsan	Buena Vista Yokuts, Chukchansi, Gashowu Yokuts, Kings River Yokuts, Palewyami, Tule-Kaweah Yokuts, Valley Yokuts

Language isolates	Esselen, Chimariko, Karuk, Salinan, Takelma

Indo-European	American English California English Chicano English Spanish Armenian Punjabi Russian

Other languages	Chinese Korean Tagalog Vietnamese