Kato
Kato was an Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit language once spoken in United States.
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Cahto (also spelled Kato) is an extinct Athabaskan language that was formerly spoken by the Kato people of the Laytonville and Branscomb area at the head of the South Fork of the Eel River. It is one of the four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. Most Kato speakers were bilingual in Northern Pomo and some also spoke Yuki. It went extinct in the 1960s.
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Words in Kato
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | tc'ek | |
| person | n3nkad3N* | |
| name | yi* | |
| eye | na7* | |
| ear | Cge7* | |
| nose | unC* | |
| tooth | wo7* | |
| tongue | so7* | |
| hand | la7* | |
| blood | selin* | |
| bone | c3N* | |
| knee | qot* | |
| water | tō | |
| fire | koN* | |
| sun | Sa* | |
| moon | ca | |
| star | s3n* | |
| stone | se | |
| tree | C3n* | |
| night | Le7* | |
| dog | Lo* | |
| fish | Lok* | |
| louse | ya7* | |
| one | Laha7* | |
| two | naka7* | |
| I | Si* | |
| you | niN* | |
| we | nehiN* | |
| drink | nan* | |
| see | iN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Eel River AthabaskanAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit59% alike
- Mattole-Bear RiverAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit52% alike
- HupaAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit49% alike
- Jicarilla ApacheAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit42% alike
- Western ApacheAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit42% alike
- NavajoAthabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit41% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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