Wiyot is an Algic language that was spoken in Humboldt Bay in the northwest of California in the southwest of the USA, particularly between Little River and the Bear River mountains. The last native speaker, Della Prince, died in 1962. Since then, the Wiyot Tribal Government has made efforts to revive the language
Wiyot is also known as Wishosk or Soulatluk. It was first documented in the late 19th century, and the first modern grammar of the language was published by linguist Karl V. Teeter in 1964. Teeter worked with Della Prince, and created an orthography for Wiyot. The Wiyot Tribe have also created an orthography for their language.
Download an alphabet chart for Wiyot (Excel)
Wocoyagadił, Hinačwu, kukwe, čawo tokw. Humicadakwaʼl, to, ko kowił. Carorił, ditad, to tiškowukił. Tołto to nagadak, ku carorił, hi yilił, šawo kituk dakwiʼ, kudik šuʼr, bo liłiʼsuy. Łakulawuy. Holuʼwiwokw, to tolog, hi kowuthad. Thigaduthad, dok, šuʼr yo bał, lolił. Kwikłoʼw, lagadak. Płatk tuli, čawo hi yitulawuy, to nitwił bał. Čawo talo kitogad. Hi kulił, hiku katawalad. Hiku thałoyad. Hiku thałoyad. Čawo bo hikos biʼšokwił. Kištaga towiłorił, łekola walił, lagadak. Badočiʼ wona, hiyawalił. Hi kowikwłił. Łe dukikwłił. Tokištaga tukłorił, dok, khatb, hi towiłorił. Kwołto hiyawalił. To likwłił bał. Čawo woł bał, hiku towiłorił. Čawo woł bał, hiku walił. Hi nukałomił. Hi nogił, sbowi dotad. Čawo woł bał, yoku towiłorił. Tukłomił bał. Čawo bo, hikos walił, kwiłto či ho nuwił. Kuʼwil, huwił. Bocokwił, badočiʼyawokw, huloduwakwaʼl. Hikwi yitił, hikwi thalimił, tawo ho nuʼwam, kado kokwawuʼm. Hi yilił, kuče duʼmicadak, carorił, ditad tiškowirił. Čawo kito tobu liłiʼmowal. Dok šuʼr łakił, či to bał, ho nuwił. Hi yithawoniʼl, kokwaʼs, kokwuʼm, ku toʼlam.
Source: https://www.languagegeek.com/california/wiyottext.html
Information about Wiyot | Numbers
Information about the Wiyot Language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiyot_language
https://www.wiyot.us/157/Language
https://cla.berkeley.edu/languages/wiyot.html
https://www.inkpeople.org/speakingsoulatluk
https://www.languagegeek.com/california/wiyot.html
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Last modified: 17.10.24
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