Central Sierra Miwok

E110748

Central Sierra Miwok is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Miwok people of the central Sierra Nevada region in California.

All labels observed (7)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Miwok language
Native American language
Utian language
endangered language
spoken language
closelyRelatedTo Bay Miwok
Northern Sierra Miwok
Plains Miwok
Southern Sierra Miwok
country United States
documentedBy Catherine Callaghan
documentedIn Central Sierra Miwok Dictionary
grammatical descriptions and wordlists
endangeredStatusSource UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
ethnicGroup Central Sierra Miwok people
Miwok people
hasAlternativeName Central Sierra Miwok language
Central Sierra Miwuk
hasDialects Northern Central Sierra Miwok
Southern Central Sierra Miwok
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
complex verbal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasSyntacticFeature basic word order SOV
ISO639-3 csm
languageFamily Miwok
Utian
languageOf ceremonial speech of Central Sierra Miwok communities
traditional narratives of Central Sierra Miwok people
partOf Miwok languages
Penutian language phylum
linked to: Penutian languages

Utian language family
linked to: Utian languages
region central Sierra Nevada region of California
spokenIn California
Sierra Nevada foothills
United States
central Sierra Nevada
status moribund
severely endangered
subclassOf Sierra Miwok language
linked to: Sierra Miwok
usedBy Elder speakers in Central Sierra Miwok communities
usedFor oral tradition
ritual practices
traditional songs
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miwok languages hasLanguage Central Sierra Miwok
Northern Sierra Miwok relatedEthnicGroup Central Sierra Miwok
Miwok people traditionalLanguage Central Sierra Miwok language
linked to: Central Sierra Miwok
Utian hasSubgroup Central Sierra Miwok
California Penutian languages hasPart Central Sierra Miwok
Eastern Miwok hasLanguageVariety Central Sierra Miwok
Eastern Miwok hasEthnologueCode csm (Central Sierra Miwok)
linked to: Central Sierra Miwok
Central Sierra Miwok ethnicGroup Central Sierra Miwok people
linked to: Central Sierra Miwok
Central Sierra Miwok hasDialects Southern Central Sierra Miwok
linked to: Central Sierra Miwok
Central Sierra Miwok documentedIn Central Sierra Miwok Dictionary
linked to: Central Sierra Miwok
Central Sierra Miwok hasAlternativeName Central Sierra Miwok language
linked to: Central Sierra Miwok
Central Sierra Miwok hasAlternativeName Central Sierra Miwuk
linked to: Central Sierra Miwok
Sierra Miwok neighboringGroup Central Sierra Miwok