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Name:
Nisenan
Alternate Names:
South Maidu; Neeshenam; Pujuni; Nishinam; Southern Maidu; Wapumni
Once Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
1 (1994 L. Hinton)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
1
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
nsz
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Maiduan (Maidun, Pujunan)
Parent Subgroup:
Maiduan; Maidu; Pujunan; Pujuni; Meidoo; Maidun (maid)
Child Dialect Groups:
Valley (nsz-val)
Central Hill (nsz-cen)
Southern Hill (nsz-sou)
Child Dialect:
Northern Hill; Oregon House (nsz-nor)
Brief Description:
"Nisenan, also known as Southern Maidu, was the Maiduan language traditionally spoken in a number of local village dialects along the Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Sacramento, California. Nisenan descendants live at Auburn Rancheria in Placer County, Shingle Springs Rancheria in El Dorado County, and in other scattered locations in the area." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 19
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Nisenan
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