Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		South Maidu, Neeshenam, Pujuni, Nishinam, Southern Maidu, Wapumni
CLASSIFICATION		Maiduan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nsz
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Valley Nisenan Northern Hill Nisenan Central Hill Nisenan Southern Hill Nisenan
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Nisenan descendants live at Auburn Rancheria in Placer County, Shingle
Springs Rancheria in El Dorado County, and in other scattered locations in the area.

		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.	1	1-9	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0199255911	2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.						39.0,-121.0
	2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher	Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.	0		Dormant ()	Nisenan descendants live at Auburn Rancheria in Placer County, Shingle Springs Rancheria in El Dorado County, and in other scattered locations in the area.	California

Nisenan