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Cahto language

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Region
  
California (Eel River)

Extinct
  
1960s

Glottolog
  
kato1244

Ethnicity
  
Cahto people

ISO 639-3
  
ktw

Language family
  
Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan Pacific Coast Athabaskan California Athabaskan Kato

Cahto (also spelled Kato) is an extinct Athabaskan language that was formerly spoken by the Kato people of the Laytonville and Branscomb area at the head of the South Fork of the Eel River. It is one of the four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. Most Kato speakers were bilingual in Northern Pomo and some also spoke Yuki.

References

Cahto language Wikipedia