The Language of the Salinan Indians is a book written by J. Alden Mason that provides a comprehensive study of the Salinan language. The Salinan Indians are a Native American tribe that inhabited the central coast of California before the arrival of Europeans. This book is a linguistic analysis of the Salinan language, which is now extinct. Mason's research is based on fieldwork he conducted in the early 20th century, during which he collected data...