Central Sierra Miwok

Central Sierra Miwok is a Miwok language spoken in California, in the upper Stanislaus and Tuolumne valleys. Today it is spoken by the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, a federally recognized tribe of Central Sierra Miwoks.

Central Sierra Miwok
Saclan
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
EthnicitySierra Miwok
Native speakers
(12 cited 1994)[1]
Yok-Utian
Language codes
ISO 639-3csm
Glottologcent2140
ELPSierra Miwok[2]

Phonology

With the orthography of the 1960 dictionary, the sounds of Central Sierra Miwok are,[3]

Consonants
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop p t t k ʔ ʔ
Affricate č
Nasal m n ŋ ŋ
Fricative s ʃ š h
Approximant w l j j
Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ y u
Mid e o
Open a

In later transcription, /j/ was written y and /ɨ/ ï. Long vowels are written aꞏ etc.

Notes

Central Sierra Miwok test


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