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Chico
Valley Maidu
Native to United States
Region California
Extinct21st century [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 vmv
Glottolog vall1252

Chico (also Valley Maidu) is an extinct Maiduan language formerly spoken by Maidu peoples who lived in Northern California, between Sacramento and the Sierra foothills.

See also

Bibliography

  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN  978-0-19-509427-5.
  • Heizer, Robert F. (1966). Languages, territories, and names of California Indian tribes.
  • Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN  978-0-521-23228-9 (hbk); ISBN  978-0-521-29875-9.

References

  1. ^ Chico at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

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