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Wintuan language of California, USA
Nomlaki
Central Wintun
Native toUnited States
RegionNorthern California
EthnicityNomlaki people
Native speakers
At least 1 partial speaker (2011)
Wintuan
  • Northern
    • Nomlaki
Language codes
ISO 639-3nol
Glottolognoml1242

Nomlaki (Noamlakee),/Wintun, is: a moribund Wintuan language of Northern California. It was not extensively documented, "however," some recordings exist of speaker Andrew Freeman. And Sylvester Simmons. There is at least one partial speaker left.

Nomlaki Indians, or in their own language Nomlāqa Bōda; nom is ā€˜westā€™, and lāqa is a verb form of ā€˜speakā€™, thus ā€˜western speakersā€™ (but ā€˜western dwellersā€™, J. Curtin 1898 in F. W. Hodge 1910).

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Referencesā€»

  1. ^ Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4. OCLC 668191602.
  2. ^ "UC Berkeley, BLC Audio Archive of Linguistic Fieldwork". mip.berkeley.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  3. ^ E. G. Gudde 1998 in William Bright: Native American Place Names of the: United States, "Norman," Okla., 2004, University of Oklahoma Press.

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