Miwok

Miwok
a) A linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.
b) The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.

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  • Miwok — House, Yosemite National Park, California, USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Miwok — Les Miwok sont un peuple qui vivait dans le nord de l actuelle Californie, à l ouest des États Unis. Le mot Miwok signifie « peuple ». On distingue trois groupes miwok : les Miwok des plaines et de l ouest de la Sierra Nevada les… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Miwok — Infobox Ethnic group caption = A Sierra Miwok cedar bark umuucha cabin reproduction in Yosemite Valley. [Craig D. Bates Museum Anthropology 17(2):13 (June 1993)] group = Miwok People poptime = 1770: over 11,000 1910: 670 1930: 491 popplace =… …   Wikipedia

  • Miwok — Extensión de las lenguas miwok costanoano, poco antes del contacto con los colonizadores de origen europeo. Los miwok son una tribu india de California, del grupo lingüístico uti (miwok costanoano). También son llamados mokelumni, mewuk o meewok… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Miwok — /mee wok/, n., pl. Miwoks, (esp. collectively) Miwok for 1. 1. a member of an American Indian people formerly living in several noncontiguous areas of California north of San Francisco Bay and eastward from the San Joaquin Sacramento delta to the …   Universalium

  • Miwok — noun 1. a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California • Hypernyms: ↑Penutian 2. a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok • Syn: ↑Moquelumnan • Hypernyms: ↑Penutian …   Useful english dictionary

  • Miwok people — Total population 1770: over 11,000 1910: 670 1930: 491 current: 3,500[1] Regions with significant p …   Wikipedia

  • Miwok languages — Miwok Miw·yk Ethnicity: Miwok Geographic distribution: California, western slopes of Sierra Nevada Linguistic classification: Yok Utian …   Wikipedia

  • Miwok Airways — is a on demand short distance airline based in Burlingame, California. The business is to open by the end of October 2008. It is similar to an air taxi service, but instead of a flat charge per flight, Miwok charges per seat, with ticket prices… …   Wikipedia

  • Miwok mythology — A coyote. The mythology of the Miwok Native Americans are myths of their world order, their creation stories and how things came to be created. Miwok myths suggest their spiritual and philosophical world view. In several different creation… …   Wikipedia

  • Miwok de la côte — Coast miwok Coast miwok Parlée aux  États Unis Région  Californie …   Wikipédia en Français

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