Cahto language

Kato
Cahto
Region	California (Eel River)
Ethnicity	Cahto people
Extinct	1960s
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Na-Dené Athabaskan Pacific Coast Athabaskan California Athabaskan Kato
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	`kato1244`

Cahto (also spelled Kato) is an extinct Athabaskan language that was formerly spoken by the Kato people of the Laytonville and Branscomb area at the head of the South Fork of the Eel River. It is one of the four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages. Most Kato speakers were bilingual in Northern Pomo and some also spoke Yuki.

Cahto has 26 consonant phonemes and 30 phones.

Cahto has 9 vowel phonemes (including the diphthong) and 12 phones.