Central Sierra Miwok is a
Miwok
The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word ...
language spoken in
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
, in the upper
Stanislaus and
Tuolumne valleys. Today it is spoken by the
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California
The Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Miwok people in Tuolumne County, California. The Chicken Ranch Rancheria Miwok are central Sierra Miwok, an indigenous people of California.
Governmen ...
, a
federally recognized tribe of Central Sierra Miwoks.
Phonology
With the orthography of the 1960 dictionary, the sounds of Central Sierra Miwok are,
In later transcription, /j/ was written and /ɨ/ . Long vowels are written etc.
Notes
External links
Central Sierra Miwok test
Central Sierra Miwok wiktionary incubator testCentral Sierra Miwok Dictionary with Texts (1960) by
L. S. Freeland and
Sylvia M. Broadbent
Southern Sierra Miwok California Language Archive
Central Sierra Miwok basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical DatabaseCentral Sierra Miwokat the
Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
OLAC resources in and about the Central Sierra Miwok language
Utian languages
Miwok
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