Washoe language

Also known as: Washo language

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North American Indian languages

  • Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
    In Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin: Language

    The Washoe, whose territory centered on Lake Tahoe, spoke a Hokan language related to those spoken in parts of what are now California, Arizona, and Baja California, Mexico. The remainder of the Great Basin was occupied by speakers of Numic languages. Numic, formerly called Plateau Shoshonean,…

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