Algic family

Wiyot

1500 CE – 1962 CE Extinct

Wiyot (1500 CE – 1962 CE) is an extinct Algic language. Lineage: Proto-Algic → Wiyot.

See Wiyot on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
wiy

Algic language of Humboldt Bay, California. The last native speaker died in 1962.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Algicc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  2. Wiyot1500 CE – 1962 CE

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Algic.

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