Southern Pomo language

Southern Pomo is one of seven mutually unintelligible Pomoan languages which were formerly spoken and is currently spoken by the Pomo people in Northern California along the Russian River and Clear Lake. The Pomo languages have been grouped together with other so-called Hokan languages. Southern Pomo is unique among the Pomo languages in preserving, perhaps, the greatest number of syllables inherited from Proto-Pomo (the proto-language from which all seven Pomo languages descend).

Southern Pomo
Native toUnited States
RegionNorthern California
Extinct2020
Pomoan
  • Western
    • Southern
      • Southern Pomo
Language codes
ISO 639-3peq
Glottologsout2984
ELPSouthern Pomo
The seven Pomoan languages with an indication of their pre-contact distribution within California
Southern Pomo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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