Washo
PrintA language of United States
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Washoe
Population
10 (1998 J. Brook). Several dozen fully fluent speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,500 (Golla 2007).
Location
California-Nevada border southeast of Lake Tahoe.
Language Maps
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Language Use
Shifting to English [eng]. Middle-aged or elderly.
Language Development
Washoe Tribe sponsors language retention project and successful immersion school where Washo is medium of instruction K-8 (2007).
Writing
Latin script.