Central Sierra Miwok is a Miwok language spoken in California, in the upper Stanislaus and Tuolumne valleys. Today it is spoken by the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, a federally recognized tribe of Central Sierra Miwoks. As of 2012, an active revitalization program is underway in the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians.
Phonology With the orthography of the 1960 dictionary, the sounds of Central Sierra Miwok are,
+ConsonantsBilabialDentalAlveolarPost-alveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasal Plosive Fricative Approximant
+VowelsFrontCentralBackClose MidOpen
In later transcription, /j/ was written and /ɨ/ . Long vowels are written etc.
Notes
External links
Central Sierra Miwok wiktionary incubator test Central Sierra Miwok Dictionary with Texts (1960), by L. S. Freeland and Sylvia M. Broadbent Southern Sierra Miwok, California Language Archive Metathesis, Sierra Miwok Central Sierra Miwok basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database Central Sierra Miwok at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages OLAC resources in and about the Central Sierra Miwok language