nsq (Northern Sierra Miwok)
E461530
Northern Sierra Miwok (Ethnologue code: nsq) is a critically endangered Eastern Miwok language traditionally spoken by the Miwok people in the Sierra Nevada region of California.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Miwok language
ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Northern Miwok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Miwok (Northern variety) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endangermentStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Miwok people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Miwok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Utian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO 639-3 code | nsq ⓘ |
| ISO 639-3 referenceName | Northern Sierra Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Miwok languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Native American languages of California ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Miwok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Utian NERFINISHED ⓘ Yok-Utian (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRevitalization | subject of documentation and revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| languageStatusSource | Ethnologue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subgroupOf | Eastern Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Sierra Nevada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ central California ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-marking morphology (typical of Miwok languages)
ⓘ
verb-final tendencies (typical of Miwok languages) ⓘ |
| usedBy | Miwok communities in the Sierra Nevada region ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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