Miwok, Plains

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
pmw
Alternate Names
Valley Miwok
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in the late 1990s (Golla 2007).

Location

California: San Joaquin and Cosumnes rivers’ deltas.

Language Status

9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Wilton Rancheria.

Classification
Miwok-Costanoan, Miwokan, Eastern Miwokan
Language Use

Passive knowledge is retained by a few (Golla 2007). All shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Dictionary.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Miwok, Plains