The Miwok Subgroup > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Miwok
Alternate Names:
Miwuk; Moquelumnan; Miwokan
Code:
miwo
Code Authority:
LINGUIST List
Code Standard:
Private Use
Families:
Miwok-Costanoan (Utian)
Parent Subgroup:
Utian; Miwok-Costanoan (utia)
Child Subgroups:
Eastern Miwok; Eastern Miwokan (emiw)
Western Miwok; Western Miwokan (wmiw)
Brief Description:
"Miwok is the general common name for the languages of the Miwokan language family, spoken aboriginally in north-central California from San Francisco Bay to the Sierra Nevada. Seven languages are usually distinguished, subdivided linguistically into Western Miwok and Eastern Miwok." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 18
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