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!GlottalPlosive | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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| pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | | | | |
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Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | | | pronounced as /link/ | |
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Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | pronounced as /link/ |
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Trill | | | pronounced as /link/ | | | | |
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Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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! colspan="2" Front | Central | Back |
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Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
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Open | | | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | | | |
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References
- Callaghan, Catherine A. 1987. Northern Sierra Miwok dictionary. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Freeland, L. S. 1951. Language of the Sierra Miwok. (Publications in Anthropology and Linguistics, Memoir 6.) Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
- Golla, Victor. 2011. California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Northern Miwok Indians. "Rodriguez-Nieto Guide" Sound Recordings (California Indian Library Collections), LA007, LA140. 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
Notes and References
- Book: Callaghan, Catherine A.. Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary, Volumes 109-110. University of California Press. 1987. 9780520097124.