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...

back wall of the pharynx. In a few languages, such as Achumawi, Amis of Taiwan and perhaps some of the Salishan languages, the two movements are combined...

for "two" in the various Hokan languages: *xwak in Proto-Yuman, c-oocj (pronounced [koːkx]) in Seri, ha'k in Achumawi, etc. The "Hokan hypothesis" was...

Achomawi (also Achumawi, Ajumawi and Ahjumawi) are the northerly nine (out of eleven) bands of the Pit River tribe of Palaihnihan Native Americans who...

spoke the Achumawi language. However, the language is being lost as new generations of Alturas Indians learn English as their native language. The ranchería...

expressions in the language. For a summary of the documentation of Atsugewi see Golla (2011: 98–99). Atsugewi is related to Achumawi. They have long been...

is a language family of northeastern California. It consists of two closely related languages, both now extinct: Palaihnihan Atsugewi † Achumawi † (ís...

role of a shaman and were credited with great spirital power. In the Achumawi language, they are known as yáh̓aawálu (pronounced [jə́ʜàːwə́lʊ̀]). They were...

classification symbol: Auxiliary aircraft carrier (ACV) Achumawi language, the native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California...

bands of the Pit River Tribe originally spoke two related languages, nine of them speaking Achumawi and two speaking Atsugewi (Atsuge and Apwaruke). They...