Wailaki, also known as Eel River, is an extinct

Athabaskan language Athabaskan (also spelled ''Athabascan'', ''Athapaskan'' or ''Athapascan'', and also known as Dene) is a large family of indigenous languages of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, Pacific C ...

spoken by the people of the Round Valley Reservation of northern California, one of four languages belonging to the ''California Athabaskan'' cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. Dialect clusters reflect the four Wailaki-speaking peoples, the

Sinkyone The Eel River Athabaskans include the Wailaki, Lassik, Nongatl, and Sinkyone (Sinkine) groups of Native Americans that traditionally live in present-day Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties on or near the Eel River and Van Duzen River ...

, Wailaki, Nongatl, and Lassik, of the Eel River confederation.

Phonology

The sounds in Wailaki:

Consonants

Vowels

Vowels in Wailaki are /i e a o/, and with length as /iː eː aː oː/.

References

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External links

Wailaki language
overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Wailaki Language (Sinkyone, Lassik, Nongatl, Eel River Athabaskan)

OLAC resources in and about the Wailaki language

{{Athabaskan languages Indigenous languages of California Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages Eel River Athapaskan peoples