The Geography and Dialects of the Miwok Indians - Yosemite Online
The Geography and Dialects of the Miwok Indians - Yosemite Online
The Geography and Dialects of the Miwok Indians - Yosemite Online
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS<br />
IN<br />
AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY<br />
VOL. 6 NO. 2<br />
THE GEOGRAPHY AND DIALECTS OF THE<br />
MIWOK INDIANS.<br />
BY<br />
S. A. BARRETT.<br />
CONTENTS .<br />
PAGE<br />
Introduction . . . . . . . . .- . . 333<br />
Territorial Boundaries 344<br />
<strong>Dialects</strong> . . 352<br />
Dialectic Relations 356<br />
Lexical 356<br />
Phonetic 358<br />
Alphabet . .. . . . 359<br />
Vocabularies .. . . . . 362<br />
Footnotes to Vocabularies 368<br />
INTRODUCTION.<br />
Of <strong>the</strong> many linguistic families in California most are confined<br />
to single areas, but <strong>the</strong> large Moquelumnan or <strong>Miwok</strong> family<br />
is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> few exceptions, in that <strong>the</strong> people speaking its various<br />
dialects occupy three distinct areas. <strong>The</strong>se three areas, while<br />
actually quite near toge<strong>the</strong>r, are at considerable distances from<br />
one ano<strong>the</strong>r as compared with <strong>the</strong> areas occupied by any <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
o<strong>the</strong>r linguistic families that are separated.<br />
<strong>The</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> three <strong>Miwok</strong> areas, which may for convenience<br />
be called <strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Coast or Lake area, is situated<br />
in <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn extremity <strong>of</strong> Lake county <strong>and</strong> just touches, at its<br />
nor<strong>the</strong>rn boundary, <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rnmost end <strong>of</strong> Clear lake . This