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The Macah Language Program
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The Makah Language Program conducts research, documentation analysis, curriculum development, and teaching of the Makah Language to the Neah Bay Elementary and High School. An Elementary Makah Language Dictionary is forth coming.

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2013

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USA

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Funding for the Makah Language Program is provided by the Administration for Native Americans, Makah Cultural and Research Center and the Makah Tribal Council.

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12

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2010

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48.3658,-124.6118

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2010

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12

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2,220

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Golla (2007) cited for speaker numbers; 2000 census cited for ethnic population.

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2015

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"Washington Olympic Peninsula northern tip, Neah Bay, opposite Vancouver Island."

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"Washington Olympic Peninsula northern tip, Neah Bay, opposite Vancouver Island."

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"Taught bilingually in preschool on the reservation and ongoing throughout grade school."

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2200

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No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died in 2002. Ethnic population: 2,220 (2000 census).

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2016

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USA: Washington

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June 2010: Robert "Bob" Greene Sr., the eldest Makah man and the tribe's second-to-last World War II veteran, died of natural causes on Monday. He was 92 ..."He was the one in our tribe who was the most fluent in speaking our native language."

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2010

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2007

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~12

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About a dozen elderly first-language speakers survive.

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2008

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2005

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48.3333333333,-124.666666667

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  1. 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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  7. Makah elder, fluent native speaker and World War II veteran, dies at 92
    Rob Ollikainen. 2010. "Makah Elder, Fluent Native Speaker and World War II Veteran, Dies At 92." In Peninsula Daily News, Online: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100627/news/306279991/makah-elder-fluent-native-speaker-and-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-at.
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  8. The Macah Language Program
    2013. "The Macah Language Program." edited by Language Program Manager Yvonne Wilkie. Online: http://www.makah.com/makahlanguage.html.
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  9. First Lessons in Makah
    Jacobsen, William H. 1999. "First Lessons in Makah." Makah Cultural and Research Center.
  10. First lessons in Makah. Makah Language Program
    Jacobsen, William H. 1979. "First Lessons in Makah. Makah Language Program." Makah Cultural and Research Center.
  11. The Heterogeneity of Evidentials in Makah
    Jacobsen, William H. 1986. "The Heterogeneity of Evidentials in Makah." In Evidentiality: The Linguistic Coding of Epistemology, edited by Wallace Chafe and Johanna Nichols. 3-28. Ablex.
  12. Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) grammar
    Davidson, Matthew. 2002. "Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar."