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Part of Eastern Miwok; often three emergent languages are distinguished in the Sierra Miwok dialect complex: Northern Sierra Miwok [nsq, skd], Central Sierra Miwok, and Southern Sierra Miwok [skd]. Here we follow Golla (2011:160) in treating these varieties as dialects rather than as separate languages; Callaghan noted "at least partial mutual intelligibility throughout the dialect continuum" (Golla 2011:160).

ALSO KNOWN AS		Central Sierra Miwok: Tuolumne, Central Sierra Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok: Seroushamne, Northern Sierra Miwok, Southern Sierra Miwok: Southern Sierra Miwok, Mewoc, Miwoc, Talatui, Talutui, Mokélumne, Moquelumnan, San Raphael, Me-Wuk, Yosemite, Meewoc, Sawos
CLASSIFICATION		Utian, Miwokan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		csm, nsq, skd
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Central Sierra Miwok Northern Sierra Miwok Southern Sierra Miwok
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MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Central Sierra Miwok has the subdialects: West Central; East Central. Northern Sierra Miwok has the subdialects: Fiddletown; Ione; West Point; Camanche. Southern Sierra Miwok has the subdialects: Yosemite; Mariposa; Southern.

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A few
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
A few semi-speakers or passive speakers

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA, California

PLACES: USA, California

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
5000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No known speakers of Northern Sierra Miwok. 7 speakers of Southern Sierra Miwok. 12 speakers of Central Sierra Miwok.

DATE OF INFO: 1994, 2000 census

PLACES: USA, California

Critically endangered

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

PLACES: USA, California

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12
Native speakers worldwide

0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.														38.0,-120.333333333
		2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		5000	19	1994, 2000 census	10-99	No known speakers of Northern Sierra Miwok. 7 speakers of Southern Sierra Miwok. 12 speakers of Central Sierra Miwok.			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				USA, California
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		3		1-9				Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				USA, California	37.962,-120.2384
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher		Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.			A few		1-9		A few semi-speakers or passive speakers	English	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15	15	USA, California
	2nd edition	2010	Endangered Languages of the United States	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing	108-130	Christopher Moseley		UNESCO	Paris		Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell	Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.													USA, California	37.962,-120.2384
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			12		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Sierra Miwok

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

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Sierra Miwok

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

A few

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

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