The
Miwok of the US -- An Example of Coalescence
Dr. Orville Boyd Jenkins
Penutian (33) Yok-Utian (11) Utian (10) Miwokan (7) Eastern (5)
MIWOK, BAY [MKQ] MIWOK, PLAINS [PMW] Sierra (3) MIWOK, CENTRAL SIERRA
[CSM] MIWOK, NORTHERN SIERRA [NSQ] MIWOK, SOUTHERN SIERRA [SKD] Western (2)
MIWOK, COAST [CSI] MIWOK, |
Ethnologue
data from Ethnologue:
Languages of the World, 14th Edition
Copyright © 2002 SIL International
MIWOK Entries – Registry of Peoples (ROP)
ROP Peoples
Release 1 Entries
ROP People Code |
People Name |
Memo |
Source |
101934 |
Central Sierra Miwok |
5 speakers; |
PIN / SIL |
102298 |
Costal Miwok |
1 speaker; |
PIN / SIL |
105588 |
|
Nearly extinct; |
PIN / SIL |
106679 |
Miwok |
20 speakers; |
PIN / SIL |
107460 |
Northern Sierra Miwok |
Nearly extinct |
PIN / SIL |
108071 |
Plains Miwok |
Nearly Extinct |
PIN / SIL |
Release 2 Entries
ROP People Code |
People Name |
Memo |
Source |
106679 |
Miwok |
|
PIN / SIL |
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ROP Geopolitical Language
Release 1 Entries
ROP |
People Name |
Country Name |
Registry of |
LanguageRank |
101934 |
Central Sierra Miwok |
|
CSM |
P |
102298 |
Costal Miwok |
|
CSI |
P |
105588 |
|
|
LMW |
P |
106679 |
Miwok |
|
SKD |
P |
107460 |
Northern Sierra Miwok |
|
NSQ |
P |
108071 |
Plains Miwok |
|
PMW |
P |
Release 2 Entries
ROP People Code |
People Name |
Country Name |
Registry of Languages |
Language Rank |
Memo |
106679 |
Miwok |
|
ENG |
P |
English mother tongue;
perhaps 50 still speak Miwok varieties extinct or
almost extinct |
Conclusion:
The
Miwok have shifted Language Streams, but retain a
unique Miwok identity. The separate
Miwok ethnic streams have coalesced into one Miwok stream.
Orville Boyd Jenkins, Ed.D.,
Ph.D.
Email: researchguy@iname.com
First Developed December 2002
Edited and First Posted on Thoughts and Resources
Last Edited
Copyright ã Orville Boyd Jenkins 2002, 2004
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