Chico language

Chico
Valley Maidu
Native to	United States
Region	California
Extinct	21st century
Language family	Penutian? Maiduan Konkow? Chico
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vmv
Glottolog	vall1252

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. It may be a divergent dialect of Konkow or an independent language.

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.

External links

• OLAC resources in and about the Valley Maidu language