Tolowa language
| Tolowa | |
|---|---|
| Taa-laa-wa Dee-niʼ Wee-yaʼ | |
| Pronunciation | /tʰaːlaːwa teːniʔ weːjaʔ/ |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | southwest Oregon |
| Ethnicity | 100 Chetco (1977); 1,000 Tolowa (2000) |
| Extinct | 1990s |
| Revival | L2 speakers since 1980s |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:tol – Tolowactc – Chetco |
| Glottolog | tolo1259 |
| ELP | Tolowa |
Tolowa (also called Chetco-Tolowa, or Siletz Dee-niʼ) is a member of the Pacific Coast subgroup of the Athabaskan language family. Together with three other closely related languages (Lower Rogue River Athabaskan, Upper Rogue River Athabaskan or Galice-Applegate and Upper Umpqua or Etnemitane) it forms a distinctive Oregon Athabaskan cluster within the subgroup.