Also Known As:
Maidu, Maidu, Northwest, Meidoo, Tsamak, Michopdo, Concow, Holólupai, Konkau, Yuba, Secumne, Maiduan, Nákum, Sekumne, Northwest Maidu, Northwestern Maidu, "Digger"
Dialects & Varieties
- Pulga
- Feather Falls
- Nemsu
- Eskewi
- Challenge
- Otaki
- Metsupda
Recent Resources
Using the "Where Are Your Keys?" formula this is a guide to understanding the Kojo:mk'awim Majdy lan
A small website with some information about the Konkow tribes and history. Cool!
This webpage offers many great free Konkow lessons, like lessons on sounds, grammar, and even storie
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
few
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Bibliography of Locations:
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.
Bibliography of Context:
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.