Endangered Languages Project - Konkow

Konkow

^{[aka Maidu, Maidu, Northwest, Meidoo]}

Classification: Maiduan

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Maidu, Maidu, Northwest, Meidoo, Tsamak, Michopdo, Concow, Holólupai, Konkau, Yuba, Secumne, Maiduan, Nákum, Sekumne, Northwest Maidu, Northwestern Maidu, "Digger"
CLASSIFICATION		Maiduan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mjd
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Pulga Feather Falls Nemsu Eskewi Challenge Otaki Metsupda
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
few
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
A few elderly speakers.

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TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

There are a few elderly speakers.

PLACES: USA, California

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: A Maiduan language, spoken in the Feather River and Oroville area of Butte and Yuba County, California, at the eastern edge of the Sacramento Valley. The principal modern Konkow community is at the Mooretown Rancheria.

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
200
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Called "Northwest Maidu" in Ethnologue (with Konkow as one of its alternative names).
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 1994 (speaker number), 1977 (ethnic population)

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PLACES: USA, California

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California, Butte, and Yuba counties, Feather river, Oroville area. Ethnic group is scattered.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Few
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"There are a few elderly speakers, who participate in a Konkow Language Preservation Group" (Golla 2007:56)

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, California

PLACES: USA, California

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

39.467,-121.5155

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

39.467,-121.5155

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO