Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages

Pacific Coast Athabaskan is a geographical and possibly genealogical grouping of the Athabaskan language family.

California Athabaskan

1. Hupa (a.k.a. Hoopa-Chilula)

dialects:

• Hupa
• Chilula-Whilkut

- Chilula

- Whilkut

2. Mattole–Bear River

dialects:

• Mattole
• Bear River

3. Wailaki ("Eel River", spoken by the Eel River Athapaskan peoples)

dialects:

• Sinkyone
• Wailaki
• Nongatl
• Lassik

4. Cahto (a.k.a. Kato) (sometimes included in Eel River)

Often the Mattole and Wailaki-speaking groups together are called Southern Athapaskans. Their languages were similar to each other, but differed from the northern California tribes whose languages were also part of the Athapaskan family. They are not to be confused with the Apachean peoples (the Apache and Navajo) - also known as Southern Athabascans - of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, who speak the Southern Athabaskan languages.

Oregon Athabaskan

4. Upper Umpqua (a.k.a. Etnemitane)

5. Lower Rogue River (a.k.a. Tututni, Coquille)

dialects:

• Upper Coquille

- Coquille (a.k.a. Mishikwutinetunne)

- Flores Creek (a.k.a. Kosotshe, Kusu'me, Lukkarso)

• Tututni

- Tututunne

- Naltunnetunne

- Mikwunutunne (a.k.a. Mikonotunne)

- Joshua (a.k.a. Chemetunne)

- Sixes (a.k.a. Kwatami)

- Pistol River (a.k.a. Chetleshin)

- Wishtenatin (a.k.a. Khwaishtunnetunnne)

• Euchre Creek (a.k.a. Yukichetunne)
• Chasta Costa (a.k.a. Illinois River, Chastacosta, Chasta Kosta)

6. Upper Rogue River (a.k.a. Galice–Applegate)

dialects:

• Galice (a.k.a. Taltushtuntede)
• Applegate (a.k.a. Nabiltse, Dakubetede)

7. Tolowa

dialects:

• Chetco
• Smith River (a.k.a. Tolowa)

References

Bibliography

• See: Athabaskan languages#Bibliography
• Don Macnaughtan. "Bibliography and Discography on the Chetco, Tututni and other Athapaskans of Southwest Oregon" (Lane Community College Library). Retrieved 2012-09-04.