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Alternate Names: Achumawi; Achomawi; Pitt River; Achoma'wi; Pit River Dialects; Achowawi; Pit River Spoken in: USA Code: acv Code Authority: ISO 639-3 Code Standard: SIL Brief Description: "Achumawi is one of the two languages of the Palaihnihan family of northeastern California; the other is Atsugewi, which has been extinct since 1988. Both Achumawi and Atsugewi are heritage languages of the Pit River Tribe, which is organised into 11 bands representing the tribal groups with traditional territory along Pit River. Achumawi, the language of nine of these bands, is spoken by fewer than ten elderly people, most of them semi-speakers or passive speakers. There are noticeable differences among local varieties. Instructional materials were prepared for a language programme in the 1980s but this programme is apparently no longer in operation." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 10