Lake Miwok | |
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Native to | United States |
Region | Lake County, California |
Ethnicity | Lake Miwok |
Extinct | 1990s[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lmw |
Glottolog | lake1258 |
ELP | Lake Miwok |
Lake Miwok is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Lake Miwok language is an extinct language of Northern California, traditionally spoken in an area adjacent to the Clear Lake. It is one of the languages of the Clear Lake Linguistic Area, along with Patwin, East and Southeastern Pomo, and Wappo.[2]