Washo

Summary

Washo is a language^[1]. Washo ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Washo is in the country of United States^[3].
• Washo's instance of is recorded as language^[4].
• Washo's instance of is recorded as modern language^[5].
• Washo is a type of Indigenous languages of the Americas^[6].
• Washo is a type of Hokan^[7].
• Washo's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[8].
• Washo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Washo language^[9].
• Washo's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+20'}^[10].
• Washo's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'was', 'text': 'wáꞏšiw ʔítlu'}^[11].
• Washo's different from is recorded as Washo^[12].
• Washo's UNESCO language status is recorded as 4 severely endangered^[13].
• Washo's indigenous to is recorded as California^[14].
• Washo's indigenous to is recorded as Nevada^[15].
• Washo's indigenous to is recorded as Washoe County^[16].
• Washo's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/WAS^[17].
• Washo's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8b Nearly Extinct^[18].
• Washo's linguistic typology is recorded as language isolate^[19].

Why It Matters

Washo ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).^[2] Washo has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Washo is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]