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: Ethnobiology

In 1962 or 1963 the linguist William Bright interviewed Yurok elder Alice Spott, recording a conversation on ethnobiology. He was interested in the meanings of general terms like "fish" and "tree", but their conversation also contains a wealth of cultural detail about the uses and significance of plants and animals. Read and listen to the full text here.