Shasta language

Shasta
Native toUnited States
Regionprimarily northern California
EthnicityShasta people
Extinct1978, with the death of Clara Wicks
Hokan ?
Dialects
  • Ikirakácˑu (Oregon Shasta)
  • Iruhikwáˑcˑu (Klamath River Shasta)
  • Uwáˑtuhúcˑu (Scott Valley Shasta)
  • Ahútˑireˀeˑcˑu (Shasta Valley Shasta)
Language codes
ISO 639-3sht
Glottologshas1239
  Shasta

Shasta is an extinct Shastan language formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon. It was spoken in a number of dialects, possibly including Okwanuchu. The last fluent speaker, Clara Wicks, died in 1978, and by 1980, only two first language speakers, both elderly, were alive. Today, all ethnic Shasta people speak English as their first language.

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