Chico language explained

Chico
States:	United States
Region:	California
Extinct:	21st century
Ref:	e25
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Penutian?
Fam2:	Maiduan
Iso3:	vmv
Glotto:	vall1252
Glottorefname:	Valley Maidu
Fam3:	Konkow?
Also Known As:	Valley Maidu
Map:	File:Pre-contact_distribution_of_Maiduan_languages.png

Chico (also Valley Maidu) is an extinct Maiduan language formerly spoken by Maidu peoples who lived in Northern California, between Sacramento and the Sierra foothills. It may be a divergent dialect of Konkow or an independent language.^[1]

See also

• Maidu
• Maiduan languages

Bibliography

• Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. .
• Heizer, Robert F. (1966). Languages, territories, and names of California Indian tribes.
• Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (hbk); .

External links

• OLAC resources in and about the Valley Maidu language

Notes and References

1. Book: Golla, Victor . California Indian languages . 2011 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-26667-4 . Berkeley . 668191602.