Endangered Languages Project - Maidu

Maidu

^{[aka Northeastern Maidu, Mountain Maidu, Northeast Maidu]}

Classification: Maiduan

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dormant

ALSO KNOWN AS		Northeastern Maidu, Mountain Maidu, Northeast Maidu
CLASSIFICATION		Maiduan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nmu
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Chico Maidu Northeastern Maidu (Mountain Maidu)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Chico Maidu is sometimes considered a separate language, sometimes a divergent dialect; Kroeber grouped Valley Konkow and Chico Maidu together as "Valley Maidu" (Golla 2011:138).

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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
a few
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Only a few semi-speakers of Maidu remain, but there is considerable interest in revitalization.

PLACES: USA, California

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Traditionally occupied the northern Sierra Nevada and the Honey Lake Valley, east and south of Lassen Peak in northeastern California. Some Maidu descendants are members of the small Susanville and Greenville Rancherias, but most live away from tribal land in scattered locations in Plumas and Lassen County.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, California

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, California

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
110
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2 (1994 L. Hinton). Ethnic population: 110 (2000 census).
1 (1994 L. Hinton), only a few semispeakers (Golla 2007). (2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 1994

PLACES: USA, California

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: California, northern Sierras, Plumas and Lassen counties.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

40.4134,-120.6738

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40.0,-120.666666667

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40.4134,-120.6738

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO