Mattole language

Mattole
Mattole–Bear River
Native to USA
Region California
Ethnicity Mattole, Bear River
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mvb
Glottolog matt1238[1]

Mattole, or Mattole–Bear River, is an extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by the Mattole and Bear River peoples of northern California. It is one of the four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. It was found in two locations: in the valley of the Mattole River, immediately south of Cape Mendocino on the coast of northwest California, and a distinct dialect on Bear River, about 10 miles to the north.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mattole". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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