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Mono

A language of United States

ISO 639-3mnr

Population  39 (1994 L. Hinton), decreasing. 10 to 12 North Fork, 15 Auberry, 7 to 8 Big Sandy, 5 to 6 Dunlap, no Waksachi. Ethnic population: 600 (2000 A. Yamamoto); 103 (2000 US census).
Region  East central California.
Language map  Southwestern United States of America
Alternate names   Monachi
Dialects  Related to Northern Paiute [pao].
Classification  Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Western
Language use  Shifted to English. North Fork: informal language classes, dictionary under development; Big Sandy: language classes, wordlists. Older adults.
Comments  Nearly extinct.