Achumawi language
The Achumawi language (also Achomawi or Pit River language) is the indigenous language spoken by the Pit River people in the northeast corner of present-day California. The term Achumawi is an anglicization of the name of the Fall River band, ajúmmááwí, from ajúmmá "river". Originally there were nine bands, with dialect differences primarily between upriver (Atwamwi, Astariwawi; Kosalektawi, Hammawi, Hewisedawi dialects) and downriver (Madesiwi, Itsatawi, Ilmawi, and Achumawi (proper) dialects), demarcated by the Big Valley mountains east of the Fall River valley.
| Achumawi | |
|---|---|
| ís siwa wó disi | |
| Native to | California |
| Ethnicity | 1,000 Achumawi people |
| Extinct | 2013 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | acv |
| Glottolog | achu1247 |
| ELP | Achumawi |
Achumawi is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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