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
Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia (Hoopa Valley)
Ethnicity2,000 Hupa (2007)
Native speakers
1 (2015)
RevivalL2 users: 30 (2007)
Language codes
ISO 639-2hup
ISO 639-3hup
Glottologhupa1239
ELPHupa
Hupa is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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