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    Okwanuchu is an extinct Shastan language formerly spoken in northern California. Kroeber described the language as "peculiar. Many words are practically...
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  • 000 years. The Okwanuchu were speakers of the Okwanuchu language, an older Hokan-speaking family of languages. Although their language was closely related...
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    The most commonly used language in the United States is English (specifically American English), which is the national language. A March 2025 executive...
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    River Shasta † Okwanuchu † Shasta (also known as Shastika) † Konomihu appears to have been the most divergent Shastan language. Okwanuchu may have been...
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    Okwanuchu. By 1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, were alive. Today, all ethnic Shasta people speak English as their first language...
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    The Hokan /ˈhoʊkæn/ language family is a hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken mainly in California, Arizona, and Baja California...
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  • into four languages, although arguments in favor of more or fewer existing have been made. Speakers of Shasta proper-Kahosadi, Konomihu, Okwanuchu, and Tlohomtah’hoi...
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    California Shasta northwestern California Konomihu, northwestern California Okwanuchu, northwestern California Tataviam, Allilik (Fernandeño), southern California...
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    population of the Chimariko, together with the New River, Konomihu, and Okwanuchu groups of the Shasta, had been about 1,000. Specifically for the Chimariko...
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    total 233 languages. Indigenous languages European language dialects Pidgin languages Indigenous languages Indigenous languages European language dialects...
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    around 10,000. The region was highly diverse, with numerous distinct languages spoken. While there was great diversity in the area, archeological findings...
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    Shasta northwestern California: ix  Konomihu, northwestern California Okwanuchu, northwestern California Tolowa, northwestern California: ix  Takic Acjachemem...
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    group that have been recorded under the name Okwanuchu (meaning "Distant people" in the Shasta language) by some anthropologists and linguists. They are...
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    Classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas (category Indigenous languages of the Americas)
    California Shasta northwestern California Konomihu, northwestern California Okwanuchu, northwestern California Tataviam, Allilik (Fernandeño), southern California...
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    Mount Shasta (category Articles containing Shasta-language text)
    Native tribes who lived within view of Mount Shasta included the Shasta, Okwanuchu, Modoc, Achomawi, Atsugewi, Karuk, Klamath, Wintu, and Yana tribes. A...
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    Ramaytush Patwin Pomo Quechan (Yuma) Salinan Serrano Shasta (Konomihu, Okwanuchu) Tataviam (Fernandeño) Timbisha Tolowa Tongva (Gabrieliño) Tübatulabal...
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    River canyon (among other areas). The Okwanuchu were speakers of the older Hokan-speaking family of languages, with archaeological sites associated with...
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  • histories preserved by the Shasta people (including the Konomihu and Okwanuchu) of northern California and southern Oregon. Shastan oral literature reflects...
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