Central Sierra Miwok facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Central Sierra Miwok
Saclan
Native to	United States
Region	California
Ethnicity	Sierra Miwok
Native speakers	(12 cited 1994)e18
Language family	Yok-Utian Utian Miwokan Eastern Sierra Miwok 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.

Phonology

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

Consonants
	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			ŋ ⟨ŋ⟩
Plosive	p	t̪ ⟨t⟩	t ⟨ṭ⟩			k	ʔ ⟨ʔ⟩
Affricate				tʃ ⟨č⟩
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.

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