Miwok, Southern Sierra

A language of United States

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Meewoc, Mewoc, Me-Wuk, Miwoc, Miwokan, Mokélumne, Moquelumnan, San Raphael, Talatui, Talutui, Yosemite

Population

7 (1994 L. Hinton). 2000 census lists 50 Sierra Miwok which may include Northern Sierra [nsq] and Southern Sierra [skd].

Location

California, headwaters of the Merced and Chowchilla rivers and Mariposa Creek.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Language Use

Shifting to English [eng].

Language Resources