Yurok

Facts

Language: Yurok
Alternate names: Chillula, Mita, Pekwan, Rikwa, Sugon, Weitspek, Weitspekan
Language code: yur
Language family: Algic, Ritwan (SIL classification)
Number of speakers:
Vulnerability: Awakening
Script: Latin script, Unifon style has been widely employed in classroom teaching, but other orthographies are also in use (Golla 2007).

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Several sources report: Archie Thompson, the oldest living member of California's Yurok tribe and the last known active speaker raised in the tribal language, passed away in 2013 at the age of 93.