Plains Miwok language

Plains Miwok, also known as Valley Miwok, was one of the Miwok languages spoken in central California by the Plains Miwok people. It was spoken in the deltas of the San Joaquin and Cosumnes Rivers. Plains Miwok was once one of the most populous Miwok languages. All of the population has shifted to English.

Plains Miwok
Native to	United States
Region	California
Ethnicity	Plains and Sierra Miwok
Extinct	late 1990s[1]
Language family	Yok-Utian Utian Miwokan Eastern Plains Miwok
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pmw
Glottolog	plai1259
ELP	Plains Miwok

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	plain	p	t	tʃ ⟨c⟩		k	ʔ ⟨'⟩
	voiced	b[a]	d[a]			ɡ[a]
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Fricative			s				h
Tap			ɾ ⟨r⟩[a]
Approximant		w	l		j ⟨j⟩

1. Phonemes taken from Spanish loan words.

Allophones of /b tʃ ɡ n s/ include [β ts ɣ ŋ ʂ].^[2]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ ⟨y⟩	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open		a