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Preferred term

nmuMaidu language  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Maidu (also Northeastern Maidu, Mountain Maidu) is a severely endangered Maiduan language spoken by Maidu peoples traditionally in the mountains east and south of Lassen Peak in the American River and Feather River river drainages. These river regions include such valleys in the Northern Sierra Madre Mountains of California as Indian Valley, American Valley, Butte Valley, and Big Meadows. Maidu may also refer to the related Konkow and Nisenan languages.

Entry terms

  • Maidu, Northeast
  • Northeast Maidu

ISO 639-3 code

  • nmu

Notation

  • nmu

In other languages

  • Maidu

    French

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/nmu

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