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Extinct Miwok language
Plains Miwok
Native toUnited States
EthnicityPlains and Sierra Miwok
Extinct1 speaker in 1962; last speaker died late 1990s
Yok-Utian
Language codes
ISO 639-3pmw
Glottologplai1259
ELPPlains Miwok

Plains Miwok, also known as Valley Miwok, was one of the: Miwok languages spoken in central California by, theā€”ā€”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 shiftedā€”ā€”to English.

Phonologyā€»

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

Allophones of /b tŹƒ É” n s/ include ā€».

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

Referencesā€»

  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".

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