Talk:Yurok language

Moribund?

Has nobody noticed that the first and the third sentence directly contradict each other?

Also, how does a language drop from 279 to 12 speakers in 2 years? Did the sources count in different ways, or is a typo involved? (The Yurok Language Project page says there "about a dozen fluent native speakers, all elderly, and an active language revitalization program".) David Marjanović 15:24, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

A reply to the above question:

Yes, the majority were very old. The number is higher than 12, I'm pretty sure. There are many young people that are learning the language. 75.25.37.40

Robins' Grammar talks of "not more than 20 speakers could claim even a fair working knowledge of the language" (page xiii), and this book was published in 1958, so it is quite impossible that there may be more than 200 speakers today (or in 2000)...--139.18.180.50 (talk) 20:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC).

Why has nobody updated it yet? It's considered one of the most viable revival programs in the US.Shibolet Nehrd (talk) 10:08, 19 March 2021 (UTC) ShiboletNehrd, Mar 19 2020

• • • Just a factual correction: The Yurok Tribe is in Del Norte County, not Humboldt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.164.152 (talk) 20:31, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

References in main Yurok article

There is a section of the main Yurok article that has various translations and words from the Yurok language but it has no references as to where the words and phrases come from. If anyone with a knowledge of the language can provide references that would be good.Richard Nowell (talk) 08:57, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

I second that. IH215 (talk) 19:47, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurok#Etymology Richard Nowell (talk) 08:57, 7 March 2024 (UTC)