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Miwok languages

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Ethnicity:
  
Miwok

Glottolog:
  
miwo1275

Miwok languages

Geographic distribution:
  
California, western slopes of Sierra Nevada

Linguistic classification:
  
Yok-Utian Utian Miwok

The Miwok or Miwokan languages (/ˈmiːwɒk/; Miwok: [míwːɨːk]), also known as Moquelumnan, are a group of endangered languages spoken in central California in the Sierra Nevada. There are five somewhat diverse Miwok languages, two of which have distinct regional dialects (Sierra Miwok and Coast Miwok). There are a few dozen speakers of the three Sierra Miwok languages, and in 1994 there were two speakers of Lake Miwok. The best attested language is Southern Sierra Miwok, from which we get the name Yosemite.

Languages

  • Eastern Miwok
  • Plains Miwok (†)
  • Bay Miwok (AKA Saclan) (†)
  • Sierra Miwok
  • Northern Sierra Miwok (†)
  • Central Sierra Miwok (nearly extinct)
  • Southern Sierra Miwok (nearly extinct)
  • Western Miwok
  • Coast Miwok (†) (Bodega and Marin dialects)
  • Lake Miwok (†)

    • References

    Miwok languages Wikipedia
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