Plains Miwok, also known as Valley Miwok, was one of the

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languages spoken in central

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by the Plains Miwok people. It was spoken in the deltas of the San Joaquin and

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s. Plains Miwok was once one of the most populous

languages. All of the population has shifted to

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Phonology

Allophones of /b tʃ ɡ n s/ include � ts ɣ ŋ ʂ

References

* Callaghan, Catherine A. Plains Miwok Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics, vol. 105. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. * Plains Miwok Indians. "Rodriguez-Nieto Guide" Sound Recordings (California Indian Library Collections), LA008. Berkeley: California Indian Library Collections, 1993. "Sound recordings reproduced from the Language Archive sound recordings at the Language Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley".

External links

Plains Miwok at the Survey of California and Other Indian LanguagesPlains Miwok
California Language Archive
Plains Miwok basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical DatabaseOLAC resources in and about the Plains Miwok language
Miwok Utian languages Extinct languages of North America {{na-lang-stub