Miwok languages

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Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language family
language family
basicWordOrder SOV
documentation described in early 20th-century fieldwork
ethnicGroup Miwok people
glottologCode miwo1273
hasLanguage Bay Miwok
Central Sierra Miwok
Coast Miwok
Lake Miwok
Northern Sierra Miwok
Plains Miwok
Saclan
Southern Sierra Miwok
Tamyen
hasMorphologicalFeature rich verbal morphology
suffixing morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
glottalized consonants
hasSubgroup Bay Miwok
Coast Miwok
Eastern Miwok
Plains Miwok
Sierra Miwok
linked to: Eastern Miwok
hasSyntacticFeature case marking on nouns
postpositions
historicalLinguistics proposed relation to Yokuts languages
languageBranch Eastern Miwok
Western Miwok
languageFamilyColor American
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
region Sacramento Valley
San Francisco Bay Area
Sierra Nevada foothills
revitalizationEffort community language classes
dictionary projects
orthography development
spokenIn California
United States
status endangered
moribund
subfamilyOf Utian languages
Yok-Utian languages
linked to: Utian languages
traditionalRegion central California
northern California
linked to: Northern California
writingSystem Latin script

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

Southern Sierra Miwok languageFamily Miwok languages
Utian languages hasBranch Miwok languages
Utian languages alsoKnownAs Miwok–Costanoan languages
linked to: Miwok languages
Utian languages hasMember Miwok languages
Hokan languages includes Pomoan languages
linked to: Miwok languages
Northern Sierra Miwok languageFamily Miwok languages
Northern Sierra Miwok hasEthnonym Miwok
linked to: Miwok languages
Penutian languages hasSubgroup Miwok–Costanoan languages
linked to: Miwok languages
Miwok people languageFamily Miwok languages
Miwok people traditionalLanguage Lake Miwok language
linked to: Miwok languages
Utian hasPart Miwok languages
Utian hasAlternativeName Miwok–Costanoan
linked to: Miwok languages
Utian languageFamilyOf Miwok
linked to: Miwok languages
Ohlone languages relatedTo Miwok languages
Saclan languageFamily Miwok
linked to: Miwok languages
California Penutian languages hasPart Miwok languages
California Penutian languages hasPart Lake Miwok language
linked to: Miwok languages
Eastern Miwok languageFamily Miwok languages
Eastern Miwok languageBranchOf Miwok languages
Bay Miwok languageFamily Miwokan languages
linked to: Miwok languages
Central Sierra Miwok partOf Miwok languages
Lake Miwok subclassOf Miwok language
linked to: Miwok languages
Lake Miwok languageFamily Miwok
linked to: Miwok languages
Lake Miwok isPartOf Miwok languages
Western Miwok subclassOf Miwokan language
linked to: Miwok languages
Western Miwok languageFamily Miwokan
linked to: Miwok languages
Sierra Miwok languageFamily Miwokan languages
linked to: Miwok languages
Yok-Utian languages hasPart Miwok languages
Washo hasNeighboringLanguage Miwok languages
Miwokan–Costanoan links Miwok languages
Miwokan–Costanoan hasComponent Miwok language family
linked to: Miwok languages
Miwokan–Costanoan hasSubgroup Miwok
linked to: Miwok languages
Catherine Callaghan studied Miwok languages