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Yahi

noun
Ya·​hi | \ˈyähē\
plural Yahi or Yahis

Definition of Yahi 

1a : an extinct Indian people of the Pitt river valley in northern California

b : a member of such people

2 : a Yanan language of the Yahi people

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