Nomlaki language
Wintuan language of California, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nomlaki (Noamlakee), or Wintun, is a moribund Wintuan language of Northern California. It was not extensively documented, however, some recordings exist of speaker Andrew Freeman and Sylvester Simmons.[2] There is at least one partial speaker left per Golla (2011). Nomlaki Indians, or in their own language Nomlāqa Bōda; nom is ‘west’, and lāqa is a verb form of ‘speak’,[3] thus ‘western speakers’ (but ‘western dwellers’, J. Curtin 1898 in F. W. Hodge 1910).
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Nomlaki | |
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Central Wintun | |
Native to | United States |
Region | Northern California |
Ethnicity | Nomlaki people |
Extinct | (date missing)[1] At least 1 partial speaker[1] |
Wintuan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nol |
Glottolog | noml1242 |
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