The Maiduan languages are a small, endangered family of northeastern California associated with the Maidu, Konkow and Nisenan peoples, comprising four languages: Maidu, Chico, Konkow and Nisenan. The family was one of the original members of the California Penutian core within broader Penutian phylum proposals. Three of the four languages were extinct by about 2000, and Konkow was reported to have three elderly speakers as of 2007, the family's last remaining native speakers.
Facts
RegionNortheastern California, United States. 1 Speaker CountThree of the family's four languages were extinct by about 2000. Konkow, the last surviving language, was reported to have three elderly speakers in 2007. Proto-Language StatusA Proto-Maidun phonology was reconstructed by Russell Ultan (1964). 1 In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Maiduan Languages
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Maiduan (also Maidun, Pujunan) is a small endangered language family of northeastern California.
Family division section, closing sentence
Konkow was reported to have three elderly speakers in 2007.
Bibliography, Ultan 1964 entry
Ultan, Russell. (1964). "Proto-Maidun phonology," International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct., 1964) pp. 355-370.
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