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Northern Sierra Miwok

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Northern Sierra Miwok
Saclan
Native to	United States
Region	California
Ethnicity	Sierra Miwok
Extinct	1990s^[1]
Language family	Yok-Utian Utian Miwokan Eastern Sierra Miwok Northern Sierra Miwok
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.^[1]

Phonology[edit]

^ 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".

Italics indicate extinct languages

Algic	Wiyot Yurok
Athabaskan	Tolowa Hupa Mattole Cahto Wailaki
Chumashan	Obispeño Cruzeño Purisimeño Ineseño Barbareño Ventureño
Ohlone	Karkin Chochenyo Ramaytush Tamyen Awaswas Mutsun Rumsen Chalon
Hokan	Chimariko Karuk Achomawi Atsugewi Northeastern Pomo Eastern Pomo Southeastern Pomo Northern Pomo Central Pomo Southern Pomo Kashaya Washo Mojave Kumeyaay Yana Yahi
Penutian	Klamath-Modoc Yokuts Buena Vista Yokuts Gashowu Yokuts Kings River Yokuts Palewyami Tule-Kaweah Yokuts Valley Yokuts Wintu Miwok Bay Miwok Coast Miwok Lake Miwok Plains Miwok Central Sierra Miwok Northern Sierra Miwok Southern Sierra Miwok Valley Maidu Northeast Maidu Northwest Maidu Nisenan
Shastan	Konomihu New River Shasta Okwanuchu Shasta
Uto Aztecan	Cahuilla Cupeño Kawaiisu Kitanemuk Luiseño-Juaneño Mono Northern Paiute Panamint Serrano Tataviam Tongva Tübatulabal Ute
Wintuan	Nomlaki Patwin Southern Patwin Wintu
Yukian	Yuki, Wappo
Language isolates and unclassified	Esselen, Chimariko, Karuk, Salinan, Takelma Plains Sign Talk

Non-Indigenous

Indo-European

Asian

v t e Miwok indigenous peoples of California
Ethnic groups	Bay Coast Lake Plains and Sierra
Federally recognized tribes	Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians California Valley Miwok Tribe Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Ione Band of Miwok Indians Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians Middletown Rancheria Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians United Auburn Indian Community Wilton Rancheria
Regions inhabited	Lake County / Contra Costa County Marin County / Sonoma County Sierra Nevada / Central Valley
Culture	Coast narratives Lake narratives Plains and Sierra narratives Hunting and gathering Kuksu religion Cosmology Languages

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