Shasta
Shasta was a Shastan language once spoken in United States.
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Shasta is an extinct Shastan language formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon. It was spoken in a number of dialects, possibly including Okwanuchu. The last fluent speaker, Clara Wicks, died in 1978, and by 1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, were alive. Today, all ethnic Shasta people speak English as their first language.
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Words in Shasta
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 7is* | |
| eye | 7wi* | |
| ear | 7isak* | |
| nose | 7er* | |
| tooth | 7iCaw* | |
| tongue | 7ehena* | |
| hand | 7apka* | |
| blood | 7axta* | |
| bone | 7ak* | |
| skin | 7iCka* | |
| knee | 7icipka* | |
| breast | 7impa* | |
| liver | 7epsi7* | |
| water | 7aCa* | |
| fire | 7ima* | |
| sun | Cuwar* | |
| star | xakwesur* | |
| stone | 7iCa7* | |
| mountain | wakwey* | |
| tree | 7akaha* | |
| leaf | xanar* | |
| night | 7apxa* | |
| dog | 7apsu* | |
| louse | Citak* | |
| one | Ca7a* | |
| two | xukwa7* | |
| I | ya7a7* | |
| you | may7i* | |
| we | Caka* | |
| drink | iCik* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · shas1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sht