Chico language

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]

Chico
Valley Maidu
Native to	United States
Region	California
Extinct	21st century[1]
Language family	Penutian? Maiduan Konkow? Chico
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vmv
Glottolog	vall1252
Chico

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.