| Plains Miwok | |
| States: | United States |
| Ethnicity: | Plains and Sierra Miwok |
| Extinct: | 1 speaker in 1962;[1] last speaker died late 1990s |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Yok-Utian |
| Fam2: | Utian |
| Fam3: | Miwokan |
| Fam4: | Eastern |
| Iso3: | pmw |
| Glotto: | plai1259 |
| Glottorefname: | Plains Miwok |
Plains Miwok, also known as Valley Miwok, was one of the Miwok languages spoken in central California by the 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 shifted to English.
| Plosive | 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/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Tap | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Allophones of /b tʃ ɡ n s/ include [β ts ɣ ŋ ʂ].
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
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| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |