Southern Sierra Miwok language
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Southern Sierra Miwok is a Utian language spoken by the Native American people called the Southern Sierra Miwok of Northern California.
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[edit] Sounds
[edit] Consonants
The 15 consonants of Southern Sierra Miwok:
| Bilabial | Labio-velar | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t̪ | t | k | ʔ | |||
| Affricate | ʧ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | |||||
| Approximant | central | w | j | |||||
| lateral | l | |||||||
[edit] Vowels
The 6 vowels of Southern Sierra Miwok:
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
[edit] Length
Since vowel and consonant length is contrastive, /ː/ is considered to be a separate (archi-)phoneme.
[edit] Syllable
The syllable structure of Southern Sierra Miwok is the following:
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- CV(ː)(C)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Ethnologue: Utian
- Online books about the Southern Sierra Miwok
- Southern Sierra Miwok Dictionary
- Native Tribes, Groups, Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770 (map after Kroeber)
[edit] References
- 1. Broadbent, Sylvia. (1964). The Southern Sierra Miwok Language. University of California publications in linguistics (Vol. 38). Berkeley: University of California Press.
- 2. Origin of the word Yosemite (and linked references)
- 3. Callaghan, Catherine. (2001). More evidence for Yok-Utian: A reanalysis of the Dixon and Kroeber sets International Journal of American Linguistics, 67 (3), 313-346.
- 5. Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
| Miwok Indigenous Peoples of California | |
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| Distinct Ethnic Groups • Valley & Sierra Miwok • Coast Miwok • Lake Miwok • Bay Miwok |
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| Regions Sierra Nevada & Central Valley | Marin & Sonoma County | Lake County | Contra Costa County |
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| Culture • Miwok mythology | Eastern Miwok Narratives | Coast Miwok Narratives | Lake Miwok Narratives |
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