Central Sierra Miwok | |
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Saclan | |
Native to | United States |
Region | California |
Ethnicity | Sierra Miwok |
Native speakers | (12 cited 1994) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
csm |
Glottolog |
cent2140 |
ELP | Sierra Miwok (shared) |
Central Sierra Miwok is classified as Critically Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Central Sierra Miwok is a Miwok language spoken in California, in the upper Stanislaus and Tuolumne valleys. Today it is spoken by the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, a federally recognized tribe of Central Sierra Miwoks.
With the orthography of the 1960 dictionary, the sounds of Central Sierra Miwok are, [2]
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ ⟨ŋ⟩ | ||||
Plosive | p | t̪ ⟨t⟩ | t ⟨ṭ⟩ | k | ʔ ⟨ʔ⟩ | ||
Affricate | tʃ ⟨č⟩ | ||||||
Fricative | s | ʃ ⟨š⟩ | h | ||||
Approximant | w | l | j ⟨j⟩ |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ ⟨y⟩ | u |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
In later transcription, /j/ was written ⟨y⟩ and /ɨ/ ⟨ï⟩. Long vowels are written ⟨aꞏ⟩ etc.