Maidu language

E246106

The Maidu language is an endangered Native American language traditionally spoken by the Maidu people of northern California.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maiduan language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRole ceremonial language ⓘ
oral tradition medium ⓘ
documentedBy linguists ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to English ⓘ
ethnicGroup Maidu people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Maidu people

Maiduan ⓘ
Mountain Maidu ⓘ
hasDialect Northeast Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Mountain Maidu

Northwest Maidu ⓘ
linked to: Valley Maidu

Southern Maidu ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV ⓘ
ISO639-3Code nmu ⓘ
isPartOf indigenous languages of California ⓘ
languageFamily Maiduan languages ⓘ
languageRevitalization community classes ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ
region California ⓘ
spokenIn Northern California ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Feather River region ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento Valley

Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
usedBy Maidu elders ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

California Penutian languages → hasPart → Maidu language ⓘ
California Penutian languages → hasPart → Southern Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Maiduan languages → hasPart → Maidu language ⓘ
Maiduan languages → hasPart → Northeast Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Maiduan languages → hasPart → Northwest Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Maiduan languages → hasPart → Southern Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Maiduan languages → hasPart → Mountain Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Maiduan languages → hasAlternativeName → Maidu languages ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Maidu people → traditionalLanguage → Maidu language ⓘ
Snow Mountain → nameInLanguage → Maidu language ⓘ
subject linked to: “Snow Mountain” in Maidu
Indigenous languages of California → hasLanguage → Konkow-Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Konkow language → closelyRelatedTo → Maidu language ⓘ
Roland B. Dixon → studied → Maidu language ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Roland B. Dixon
Maiduan → hasPart → Maidu language ⓘ
Maiduan → hasAlternativeName → Maidu languages ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
William Shipley → fieldOfWork → Maidu language ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist William Shipley
Nisenan language → neighboringLanguage → Maidu language ⓘ
Washoe language → neighboringLanguageRegion → Maidu language area ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Konkow Maidu → isRelatedLinguisticallyTo → Mountain Maidu language ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Auburn Rancheria → hasPrimaryLanguageHistorically → Maidu languages ⓘ
linked to: Maidu language
Mountain Maidu → dialectOf → Maidu language ⓘ