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.

Chico
Valley Maidu
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
Extinct21st century[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vmv
Glottologvall1252

See also edit

Bibliography edit

  • 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.

References edit

  1. ^ Chico at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  

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