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: Wohpekumew and the Salmon

Lowana Brantner recorded this text with R. H. Robins in 1951; it was published in his 1958 The Yurok Language. Of great cultural and linguistic interest, the story describes how Wohpekuemew came to release salmon for the Yurok people. Read and listen to the full text here.