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Name: Maidu Type: Language Alternate Names: Northeast Maidu; Maidu, Northeast; Mountain Maidu; Maidu (Northeast); Northeastern Maidu Once Spoken in: USA Number of speakers: 2 (1994 L. Hinton). Ethnic population: 110 (2000 census) (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 2 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 1 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: nmu Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Maiduan (Maidun, Pujunan) Parent Subgroup: Maiduan; Maidu; Pujunan; Pujuni; Meidoo; Maidun; Palpenan; Wintu-Maiduan (maid) Brief Description: "Maidu, also known as Northeastern Maidu or Mountain Maidu, is the Maiduan language of the people who traditionally occupied the northern Sierra Nevada and the Honey Lake Valley, east and south of Lassen Peak in northeastern California. Some Maidu descendants are members of the small Susanville and Greenville Rancherias, but most live away from tribal land in scattered locations in Plumas and Lassen County. Only a few semi-speakers of Maidu remain. All three of the Maiduan languages (Maidu, Konkow, and Nisenan) are sometimes referred to collectively as 'Maidu', but they differ considerably in their grammars and are not mutually intelligible." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 17

Endangerment Status

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Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered