THE POMO HAD A CLUSTER OF BANDS OR GROUPS THAT HAD SIMILAR LANGUAGES IN THE SAME GENERAL GEOGRAPHICAL LOCAL. THE TRIBES THAT WERE IN MENDOCINO, SONOMA, AND LAKE COUNTIES HAD DIFFERENT DIALECTS. FOR EXAMPLE AN EASTERN POMO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN POMO. THEY ALL BELONG TO THE HOKAN LINGUISTIC FAMILY WHICH IS VERY COMPLEX. IT INCLUDES GROUPS SUCH AS SHASTAN, CHIMARIKO, YANA, KAROK, WASHO, ESSELEN AND SALINAN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, CHUMASH AND YIUMAN IN THE SOUTH. IT IS POSSIBLY THE OLDEST LINGUISTIC FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA.
TODAY MOSTLY THE DANCERS KNOW THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE - THAT IS ABOUT 1% OF THE POMO TRIBES.
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