Maiduan languages
E96548
Maiduan languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in northeastern California, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | California linguistic area ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAssociation |
Maidu oral literature
ⓘ
Maidu traditional religion ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Roland B. Dixon
ⓘ
linguist William Shipley ⓘ |
| documentedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to English ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Maidu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyColor | American ⓘ |
| glottologCode | maid1261 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Maiduan ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Maidu people
ⓘ
surface form:
Maidu family
Maidu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Maidu-Konkow-Nisenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Konkow language
ⓘ
Maidu language ⓘ Mountain Maidu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisenan language ⓘ Northeast Maidu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Maidu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Maidu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley Maidu language ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Sacramento Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
| isoException | dialect cluster ⓘ |
| linguisticClassification | Penutian languages ⓘ |
| linguisticClassificationStatus | proposed Penutian family ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageFamily |
Utian languages
ⓘ
Washo language ⓘ Wintuan languages ⓘ Yokutsan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| region | northeastern California ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
dictionary and grammar projects ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
partially extinct ⓘ severely endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | indigenous languages of California ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ head-marking morphology ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.