Chico (also Valley Maidu) is an extinct
Maiduan
Maiduan (also Maidun, Pujunan) is a small endangered language, endangered language family of northeastern California.
Family division
The Maiduan consists of 4 languages:
# Maidu language, Maidu ''†'' (also known as Maidu proper, Northeaste ...
language formerly spoken by
Maidu
The Maidu are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather River, Feather and American River, American ...
peoples who lived in Northern California, between Sacramento and the Sierra foothills.
See also
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Maidu
The Maidu are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather River, Feather and American River, American ...
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Maiduan languages
Maiduan (also Maidun, Pujunan) is a small endangered language family of northeastern California.
Family division
The Maiduan consists of 4 languages:
# Maidu ''†'' (also known as Maidu proper, Northeastern Maidu, Mountain Maidu)
# Chico '' ...
Bibliography
* Campbell, Lyle. (1997). ''American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America''. New York: Oxford University Press. .
* Heizer, Robert F. (1966). ''Languages, territories, and names of California Indian tribes''.
* Mithun, Marianne. (1999). ''The languages of Native North America''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (hbk); .
References
External links
OLAC resources in and about the Valley Maidu language
Maiduan languages
Indigenous languages of California
Extinct languages of North America
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