Nomlaki language

Nomlaki
Central Wintun
Nomlāqa Bōda
Native to	United States
Region	Northern California
Ethnicity	Nomlaki people
Native speakers	≥1 partial speaker (2011) [1]
Language family	Wintuan Northern Nomlaki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nol
Glottolog	noml1242

Nomlaki (Noamlakee), or Wintun, is a moribund Wintuan language of Northern California. It was not extensively documented, however, some recordings exist of speaker Andrew Freeman and Sylvester Simmons. ^[2] There is at least one partial speaker left. ^[1]

Nomlaki Indians, or in their own language Nomlāqa Bōda; nom is 'west', and lāqa is a verb form of 'speak', ^[3] thus 'western speakers' (but 'western dwellers', J. Curtin 1898 in F. W. Hodge 1910).

See also

• Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians

References

1. Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-26667-4. OCLC   668191602.
2. "UC Berkeley, BLC Audio Archive of Linguistic Fieldwork". mip.berkeley.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
3. E. G. Gudde 1998 in William Bright: Native American Place Names of the United States, Norman, Okla., 2004, University of Oklahoma Press.

External links

• Overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
• Nomlaki language at the California Language Archive
• OLAC resources in Wintu and Nomlaki