Northern Sierra Miwok
In this article, we will explore the impact of Northern Sierra Miwok on contemporary society. Since its emergence, Northern Sierra Miwok has captured the attention and curiosity of people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Over the years, Northern Sierra Miwok has proven to be a topic of constant debate and has generated a variety of opinions and perspectives. Through detailed analysis, we will examine how Northern Sierra Miwok has influenced different aspects of everyday life, from the way we communicate to how we entertain and educate ourselves. This article seeks to provide a comprehensive view of Northern Sierra Miwok and its importance in today's society.
| Northern Sierra Miwok | |
|---|---|
| Saclan | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | California |
| Ethnicity | Sierra Miwok |
| Extinct | 1990s |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nsq |
| Glottolog | nort2968 |
| ELP | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | plain | p | t̪ ⟨t⟩ | t ⟨ṭ⟩ | k | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | d | ||||||
| Affricate | tʃ ⟨č⟩ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ ⟨š⟩ | h | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j ⟨y⟩ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i | iː | ɨ | ɨː | u | uː |
| Mid | e | eː | ə | o | oː | |
| Open | a | aː | ||||
- ^ taken from loan words
References
- ^ a b Northern Sierra Miwok at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Callaghan, Catherine A. (1987). Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary, Volumes 109-110. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520097124.
- 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
- Northern Sierra Miwok at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Plains Miwok, California Language Archive
- OLAC resources in and about the Northern Sierra Miwok language
- Northern Sierra Miwok, World Atlas of Language Structures Online
- Northern Sierra Miwok Dictionary, Volumes 109-110
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