alternate_names: "Central Sierra Miwok: Tuolumne; Central Sierra Miwok; Northern Sierra Miwok: Seroushamne; Northern Sierra Miwok; Southern Sierra Miwok: Southern Sierra Miwok; Mewoc; Miwoc; Talatui; Talutui; Mokélumne; Moquelumnan; San Raphael; Me-Wuk; Yosemite; Meewoc; Sawos;",
lang_description: "Part of Eastern Miwok; often three emergent languages are distinguished in the Sierra Miwok dialect complex: Northern Sierra Miwok [nsq, skd], Central Sierra Miwok, and Southern Sierra Miwok [skd]. Here we follow Golla (2011:160) in treating these varieties as dialects rather than as separate languages; Callaghan noted "at least partial mutual intelligibility throughout the dialect continuum" (Golla 2011:160).",
classification: "Utian; Miwokan",
dialect_varieties: "Central Sierra Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok, Southern Sierra Miwok",
public_comment: "Central Sierra Miwok has the subdialects: West Central; East Central. Northern Sierra Miwok has the subdialects: Fiddletown; Ione; West Point; Camanche. Southern Sierra Miwok has the subdialects: Yosemite; Mariposa; Southern.",
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ethnic_population: "5000",
date_of_info: "1994, 2000 census",
public_comment: "No known speakers of Northern Sierra Miwok. 7 speakers of Southern Sierra Miwok. 12 speakers of Central Sierra Miwok.",
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date_of_info: "2011",
public_comment: "It is estimated that there are between six and twelve speakers, only one of whom has active conversational fluency. Central Sierra Miwok and Southern Sierra Miwok have a few semispeakers or passive speakers.",
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updated_at: "2018-03-18 01:00:58",
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domains_of_use: "Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.",