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Where is Southern Sierra Miwok spoken?

Southern Sierra Miwok is a Miwok-Costanoan language, spoken in the United States. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Southern Sierra Miwok is spoken

Southern Sierra Miwok is spoken in one country: the United States.

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United States

Southern Sierra Miwok has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Southern Sierra Miwok?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Moribund. Glottolog lists it as moribund: the youngest speakers are middle-aged or older, and children are no longer learning it.

Where Southern Sierra Miwok sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Southern Sierra Miwok as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Miwok-Costanoan
Miwokan
Eastern Miwokan
Sierra Miwokan
Southern Sierra Miwok

Related languages

Other languages in the Sierra Miwokan group:

Central Sierra Miwok (12 speakers)

More about Southern Sierra Miwok

Codes: ISO 639-3 skd, Glottolog sout2985. Glottolog macroarea: North America.

Questions about Southern Sierra Miwok

Where is Southern Sierra Miwok spoken?

Southern Sierra Miwok is spoken in the United States. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Southern Sierra Miwok in?

Glottolog places Southern Sierra Miwok in the Miwok-Costanoan family, in the branch Miwokan, Eastern Miwokan and Sierra Miwokan.