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ALSO KNOWN AS		Achumawi, Achomawi, Pitt River, Achoma'wi, Achowawi
CLASSIFICATION		Palaihnihan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		acv
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Downriver dialect groups: Madesiwi Itsatawi Ilmawi Achumawi (proper) Upriver dialect groups: Atwamwi Astariwawi Kosalektawi Hammawi Hewisedawi
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Information from: “California Indian Languages” (61-200) . Victor Golla (2011) University of California Press

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
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"Achumawi is spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people, most of them semispeakers or passive speakers" (p. 98).

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"Achumawi is spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people, most of them semispeakers or passive speakers" (p. 98).

PLACES: USA, California

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Along the Pitt River.

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
<10
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Spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people, most of them semi-speakers or passive speakers.

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: California

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Pit River Tribe, northeastern California

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Achumawi, the language of nine of these [Pit RIver Tribe] bands, is spoken by fewer than ten elderly people, most of them semi-speakers or passive speakers. There are noticeable differences among local varieties."

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"Instructional materials were prepared for a language program in the 1980s but this program is apparently no longer in operation."

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: northeastern California; traditional territory along the Pit River.

	2nd edition	2010	Endangered Languages of the United States	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing	108-130	Christopher Moseley	UNESCO	Paris		Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell	Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.													40.8816,-122.6715
		2007	North America	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	1-96	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Victor Golla	Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	<10	1-9	"Achumawi, the language of nine of these [Pit RIver Tribe] bands, is spoken by fewer than ten elderly people, most of them semi-speakers or passive speakers. There are noticeable differences among local varieties."		Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"Instructional materials were prepared for a language program in the 1980s but this program is apparently no longer in operation."	15	15	USA	northeastern California; traditional territory along the Pit River.	41.253032,-120.833954
978-0520266674		2011	California Indian Languages		61-200		University of California Press	Berkeley, CA	UC Berkeley	Victor Golla			<10	1-9	"Achumawi is spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people, most of them semispeakers or passive speakers" (p. 98).		Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"Achumawi is spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people, most of them semispeakers or passive speakers" (p. 98).			USA, California	Along the Pitt River.	41.320107,-121.129761
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher	Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.		<10	1-9	Spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people, most of them semi-speakers or passive speakers.	<10	Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15				California	Pit River Tribe, northeastern California

Achumawi

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60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

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100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

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Achumawi

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60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

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<10

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<10

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