Miwok, Central Sierra
A language of United States
| Population | 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). |
| Region | California, upper valleys of the Stanislause and Tuolumne. |
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Southwestern United States of America |
| Dialects | Eastern Central Sierra Miwok, Western Central Sierra Miwok. Separate from other Miwok varieties. |
| Classification | Penutian, Yok-Utian, Utian, Miwokan, Eastern, Sierra |
| Language use | Shifting to English. |
| Comments | Nearly extinct. |
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