Chico language

Extinct Maiduan language of California, US
Chico
Valley Maidu
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
Extinct21st century[1]
Language family
Penutian?
  • Maiduan
    • Chico
Language codes
ISO 639-3vmv
Glottologvall1252

Chico (also Valley Maidu) is an extinct Maiduan language formerly spoken by Maidu peoples who lived in Northern California, between Sacramento and the Sierra foothills.

See also

  • Maidu
  • Maiduan languages

Bibliography

  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509427-5.
  • Heizer, Robert F. (1966). Languages, territories, and names of California Indian tribes.
  • Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-23228-9 (hbk); ISBN 978-0-521-29875-9.

References

  1. ^ Chico at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

External links

  • OLAC resources in and about the Valley Maidu language
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Italics indicate extinct languages
Indigenous
Algic
  • Wiyot
  • Yurok
Athabaskan
Chumashan
Ohlone
Hokan
Penutian
Shastan
Uto Aztecan
Wintuan
Yukian
Language isolates
and unclassified
Non-Indigenous
Indo-European
Asian
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