Yaren Wiyot

Wiyot (kuma Wishosk) ko Soulatluk (lit. 'kashin ku') yare ne na Algic wanda mutanen Wiyot na Humboldt Bay, California ke magana. Mai magana da harshen na karshe, Della Prince, ya mutu a shekarar 1962.

Wiyot, tare da makwabcinsa na ƙasa, yaren Yurok, an fara gano su a matsayin dangi na yarukan Algonquian ta hanyar Edward Sapir a cikin 1913, kodayake an yi jayayya da wannan rarrabuwa shekaru da yawa a cikin abin da aka sani da rikice-rikicen Ritwan. Saboda babban rabuwa ƙasa na Wiyot da Yurok daga duk sauran harsunan Algonquian, ingancin haɗin kwayar halitta sun yi hamayya sosai da manyan masana harsuna na Amurka; kamar yadda Ives Goddard ya sanya shi, batun "yana da tasiri mai zurfi ga prehistory na Arewacin Amurka". , a cikin shekarun 1950, an kafa dangantakar kwayar halitta tsakanin yarukan Algonquian da Wiyot da Yurok don gamsar da mafi yawan, idan ba duka ba, masu bincike, wanda ya haifar da kalmar Algic don komawa ga yarukan Algunquian tare da Wiyut da Yurok.

Gwamnatin Ƙabilar Wiyot tana inganta farfado harshen ta hanyar bidiyo, ƙamus na kan layi, da kalandar yaren Wiyot ta shekara-shekara.

Fasahar sauti

Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi

Karl V. Teeter ya buga rubutun farko na zamani na Wiyot a shekarar 1964. Bayanansa, wanda Della Prince ya bayar jim kadan kafin mutuwarta, yana da mahimmanci ga kafa dangantakar kwayar halitta tsakanin Algonquin da Wiyot, kuma ya kawo karshen rikice-rikicen ilimi da ke kewaye da batun. Duk bayanan harshe da ke ƙasa sun fito ne daga aikinsa, wanda Jami'ar California Press ta buga.

An ba da ƙwayoyin Wiyot, kamar yadda Teeter ya rubuta, a cikin wannan ginshiƙi, tare da Orthography mai amfani a cikin boldface da kuma kwatankwacin IPA a cikin ƙuƙwalwa.

		Biyuwa	Alveolar		Postalveolar palatal baki	Velar		Gishiri
			tsakiya	gefen		fili	Labialized
Plosive	ba tare da murya ba	p [p]	t [t]			k [k]	kw [kw]	h [ʔ]
	da ake nema	ph [ph]	th [th]			kh [kh]	kwh [kwh]
Rashin lafiya	ba tare da murya ba		c [ts]		č [tʃ]
	da ake nema		ch [tsh]		čh [tʃh]
Fricative			s [s]	ł [ɬ]	š [ʃ]			h [h]
Hanci		m [m]	n [n]
Flap			d [ɾ]
Kusanci		b [β]	r [ɹ][Tunanin]	l [l]	kuma [j]	g [ɣ]	w [w]

• Ana amfani da rubutun ne don kalmar fricative [h] da farko kuma don tsayawa [ʔ] in ba haka ba.

Sautin sautin

	A gaba	Tsakiya	Komawa
Babba	ni [i]		u [u]
Ƙananan	[da kuma]	a [a]	o [ɑ][Ƙarshen]