Hupa language
Hupa (native name: Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ, lit. "language of the Hoopa Valley people") is an Athabaskan language (of Na-Dené stock) spoken along the lower course of the Trinity River in Northwestern California by the Hoopa Valley Hupa (Na꞉tinixwe) and Tsnungwe/South Fork Hupa (Tse:ningxwe) and, before European contact, by the Chilula and Whilkut peoples, to the west.
Hupa | |
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Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ | |
Native to | United States |
Region | California (Hoopa Valley) |
Ethnicity | 2,000 Hupa (2007) |
Native speakers | 1 (2015) |
Revival | L2 users: 30 (2007) |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | hup |
ISO 639-3 | hup |
Glottolog | hupa1239 |
ELP | Hupa |
Hupa is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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