Northern Sierra Miwok Explained

Northern Sierra Miwok
Nativename:Saclan
States:United States
Region:California
Ethnicity:Sierra Miwok
Extinct:1990s
Ref:e25
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Yok-Utian
Fam2:Utian
Fam3:Miwokan
Fam4:Eastern
Fam5:Sierra Miwok
Iso3:nsq
Glotto:nort2968
Glottorefname:Northern Sierra Miwok
Elp:4056
Elpname:Sierra Miwok (shared)

Northern Sierra Miwok is a Miwok language spoken in California, in the upper Mokelumne and Calaveras valleys.

Phonology

!Bilabial!Dental!Alveolar!Post-
alveolar
!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Plosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Trillpronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
! colspan="2"
FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Callaghan, Catherine A.. Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary, Volumes 109-110. University of California Press. 1987. 9780520097124.