Pomo, Central

POO

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Ballo-Kai-Pomo, Cabanapo, Habenapo, H’hana, Kábinapek, Khabenapo, Khana, Kulanapan, Kulanapo, Venaambakaia, Venambakaiia, Yokaia

Dialects: Hopland, Point Arena, Ukiah.

Genealogy:

Pomoan
Western
Southern

Demographics: 2 (1997 M. Mithun). Several speakers in the Hopland area and at Manchester and Point Areana on the coast (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 4,770 (1997 M. Mithun).

Language Use: Shifted to English [eng]. Intermittent teaching at Hopland. 60 and older.

Nation of Origin: United States