O'lomah!

Welcome to the Yurok Language Project website! Our goal is to provide as much information as possible about the Yurok language, its structure and usage, and its relations to cultural and geographical setting. We work with the Yurok Tribe, with members of the Yurok community, and with Yurok community groups. Please don't hesitate to write with questions or requests. Wokhlew k'ee ma k'e-nuue'mow'!

Project news: February 2011

We've added web pages describing the Yurok language, especially pronunciation, with lots of audio samples! In these new pages you'll find:

Let us know if there are ways that these web pages could be more useful.

Spotlight text: Sentences (GAR-LT)

In 1922 the linguist Gladys A. Reichard (who also worked extensively on the Wiyot language) interviewed the Yurok speaker Lucy Thompson in Eureka, and transcribed a number of representative Yurok sentences. The sentences are interesting for their colloquial language and range of topics. Read the full text here.