Washo
Washoe; Washoa
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As of 2008 there were about twenty fluent first-language speakers of Washo, all middle-aged or elderly, out of a total population of more than fifteen hundred
2011
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2010
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38.9226,-119.7256
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"A number of children and young adults have acquired moderate L2 fluency."
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(1998 J. Brook). "Several dozen fully fluent speakers" (Golla 2007).
2015
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"California-Nevada border southeast of Lake Tahoe."
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"California-Nevada border southeast of Lake Tahoe."
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Many adults and children have become second-language speakers or semi-speakers. (Golla 2007:90)
2007
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The Washo Tribe has a successful immersion school (kindergaten-8th grade)
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Several dozen fluent first-language speakers, all middle-aged or elderly, in a total population of over 1,500, divided among four small reservations in both Nevada and California.
2008
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Spoken by members of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, whose traditional homeland centers on Lake Tahoe in the High Sierra.
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Spoken by members of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, whose traditional homeland centers on Lake Tahoe in the High Sierra.
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39.25,-120.0
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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