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Name:
Konkow
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Maidu; Maidu, Northwest; Meidoo; Tsamak; Michopdo; Concow; Holólupai; Konkau; Yuba; Secumne; Maiduan; Nákum; Sekumne; Northwest Maidu; Northwestern Maidu; Digger""
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
4 (1994 L. Hinton). Ethnic population: 200 (1977 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
4
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
mjd
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Maiduan (Maidun, Pujunan)
Parent Subgroup:
Maiduan; Maidu; Pujunan; Pujuni; Meidoo; Maidun; Palpenan; Wintu-Maiduan (maid)
Child Dialects:
Pulga (mjd-pul)
Feather Falls; Helto (mjd-fea)
Nemsu (mjd-nem)
Eskewi; Eskin (mjd-esk)
Challenge (mjd-cha)
Otaki (mjd-ota)
Metsupda (mjd-met)
Brief Description:
"Konkow is a Maiduan language, spoken in the Feather River and Oroville area of Butte and Yuba County, California, at the eastern edge of the Sacramento Valley. The principal modern Konkow community is at the Mooretown Rancheria. There are a few elderly speakers." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 17
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 Konkow
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