Yahi Dialect
Yana (also Yanan) is an extinct language formerly spoken in north-central California between the Feather and Pit rivers in what is now Shasta and Tehama counties.
The language perished in 1916 with the death of Ishi, who spoke the Yahi dialect. Yana is fairly well-documented (mostly by Edward Sapir) compared to other extinct American languages.
The names Yana and Yahi are derived from the word for "people" in the respective dialects.
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