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Name:
Central Sierra Miwok
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Tuolumne; Miwok (Central Sierra); Miwok, Central Sierra
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
12. 6 Eastern Central Sierra, 6 Western Central Sierra (1994 L. Hinton); Census (2000) lists 50 “Sierra Miwok” which may include Northern Sierra [nsq] and Southern Sierra [skd]. Ethnic population: Possibly 5,000 all Miwok (2000 A. Yamamoto)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
12
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
csm
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Miwok-Costanoan (Utian)
Parent Subgroup:
Eastern Miwok; Eastern Miwokan (emiw)
Child Dialects:
West Central; Western Central Sierra Miwok; Olowidok (csm-wes)
East Central; Eastern Central Sierra Miwok (csm-eas)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Central Sierra Miwok
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