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🪶 A Native American group 🗣️ An extinct language
Yahi

Yahi

1 9.9
A person from a Native American group that lived in northern California and is now extinct
  • noun
  • /ˈjɑːhi/
: Yahi
  • The last known Yahi was Ishi, who emerged in California in 1911.

Examples

  • Few artifacts remain to tell the story of the Yahi people.

  • Historians study the traditions and language of the Yahi to better understand their culture.

  • The Yahi were known for their unique cultural practices.

  • Many Yahi people lived in northern California.

  • Few artifacts remain to tell the story of the Yahi people.

  • Historians study the traditions and language of the Yahi to better understand their culture.

  • The last known Yahi was Ishi, who emerged in California in 1911.

Compounds

Yahi language
9.9

A language formerly spoken by the Yahi people in north-central California

Surface Forms

Yahi singular
Yahis plural

Etymology

Yahi is the name the people used for themselves in their own language, and it became the name for the small Native American group from northern California. So a Yahi is a member of that group, remembered today by the story of the last known Yahi, Ishi.