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    Maidu /ˈmaɪduː/, also Northeastern Maidu or Mountain Maidu, is an extinct Maiduan language of California, United States. It was spoken by the Maidu peoples...
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  • An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...
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    second-most-spoken language in the states of Louisiana and Maine. The largest French-speaking communities in the United States reside in Northeast Maine; Hollywood...
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    Russia. They are not discernibly related to other indigenous languages of the Americas or northeast Asia, although there have been some unsubstantiated proposals...
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    Yuba County (/ˈjuːbə/ ; Maidu: Yubu) is located in north-central Central Valley, California, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, its population...
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  • the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances...
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    Patwin (section Language)
    northwest; the Nomlaki (Wintun) in the north; the Konkow (Maidu) in the northeast; the Nisenan (Maidu) and Plains Miwok in the east; the Bay Miwok to the south;...
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    Koyo/Big Meadows/Big Springs, a longstanding Yamani Maidu village site. When the dam was built, Maidu families still living in the vicinity were displaced...
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  • extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...
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    (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa; IPA: [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the islands...
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    Unami (Delaware: Wënami èlixsuwakàn) was an Algonquian language spoken by the Lenape people in the late 17th century and the early 18th century, in the...
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    Coyote (redirect from Northeast coyote)
    Anglo-American cultural attitudes towards the coyote remain largely negative. In the Maidu creation story, Coyote introduces work, suffering, and death to the world...
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  • an Austronesian language originating in the Caroline Islands, but spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is an official language (as well as English)...
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    Patti J. Johnson. Pages 350-360. Yana. Jerald Jay Johnson. Pages 361-369. Maidu and Konkow. Francis A. Riddell. Pages 370-386. Nisenan. Norman L. Wilson...
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    Chamorro: Finuʼ Chamorro (CNMI), Finoʼ CHamoru (Guam)) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 58,000 people, numbering about 25,800 on Guam and about...
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  • Mexico, and California, United States. Miwok of California, United States. Maidu of California, United States. Wintu of California, United States. Chumash...
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    California (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    Yurok; Yukian Family: Wappo; Penutian Family: Modok, Wintu, Nomlaki, Konkow, Maidu, Patwin, Nisenan, Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Ohlone, Northern Valley...
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    Prehistorically, the indigenous Mountain Maidu were the primary inhabitants of the area now known as Plumas County. The Maidu lived in small settlements along...
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    Yurok; Yukian Family: Wappo; Penutian Family: Modok, Wintu, Nomlaki, Konkow, Maidu, Patwin, Nisenan, Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Ohlone, Northern Valley...
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    spoken language in the United States. Over 42 million people aged five or older speak Spanish at home. Spanish is also the most learned language other...
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    ethnic groups of Central California, such as their neighbors the Pomo, also Maidu, Ohlone, Esselen, and northernmost Yokuts. However Kroeber observed less...
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  • groups of Central California, such as their neighbors the northern Ohlone, Maidu, Patwin, Pomo, and Wappo. However Kroeber observed less "specialized cosmogony"...
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  • Russian language is among the top fifteen most spoken languages in the United States, and is one of the most spoken Slavic and European languages in the...
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    twang" United States portal Language portal List of dialects of the English language List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas American...
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    Linguistic areas of the Americas (category Indigenous languages of the Americas)
    in the east–west strip of languages including Kashaya Pomo, Wintu-Patwin, and Maidu (this series contains implosion in Maidu) consonant sound symbolism:...
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    Pennsylvania Dutch English (category Language articles without speaker estimate)
    dialect of English that has been influenced by the Pennsylvania Dutch language. It is largely spoken in South Central Pennsylvania, both by people who...
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  • Evidentiality (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    reportative (e.g. Aymara, Shastan languages, Qiang languages, Maidu, most Quechuan languages, Northern Embera languages) B2. visual sensory, nonvisual sensory, inferential...
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    Sacramento, California (category CS1 Romanian-language sources (ro))
    Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area was inhabited by the Nisenan, Maidu, and other indigenous peoples of California. In 1808, Spanish cavalryman...
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    Hester, Thomas (1970). "Names and Locations of Some Ethnographic Patwin and Maidu Indian Villages" (PDF). Contributions of the University of California Archaeological...
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    American River (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    ecosystems, and it is the home of a diverse array of fish and wildlife. The Maidu, Miwok, Nisenan, and Wintun peoples have inhabited the American River area...
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