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Chico language

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Chico
Valley Maidu
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
Extinct21st century[1]
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. It may be a divergent dialect of Konkow or an independent language.[2]

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Bibliography

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Chico at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4. OCLC 668191602.
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