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Plains Miwok language

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Plains Miwok
Native to United States
Ethnicity Plains and Sierra Miwok
Extinct 1 speaker in 1962; [1] last speaker died late 1990s [2]
Yok-Utian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pmw
Glottolog plai1259
ELP Plains Miwok

Plains Miwok , also known as Valley Miwok , was one of the Miwok languages spoken in central California by the Plains Miwok people . It was spoken in the deltas of the San Joaquin and Cosumnes Rivers . Plains Miwok was once one of the most populous Miwok languages. All of the population has shifted to English .

Phonology [ edit ]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive plain p t k ? ⟨'⟩
voiced b [a] d [a] ? [a]
Affricate t? ⟨c⟩
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative s h
Tap ? ⟨r⟩ [a]
Approximant w l j ⟨j⟩
  1. ^ a b c d Phonemes taken from Spanish loan words.

Allophones of /b t? ? n s/ include [β ts ? ŋ ?]. [3]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ? ⟨y⟩ u
Mid e ? o
Open a

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ H. Landar in Sebeok (1977)
  2. ^ Plains Miwok at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Callaghan, Catherine A. (1984). Plains Miwok Dictionary . University of California Press.
  • 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 [ edit ]