The Miwok or Miwokan languages, also known as Moquelumnan, are a group of endangered languages spoken in central California in the Sierra Nevada. There are a few dozen speakers of the three Sierra Miwok languages, and as of 1994, two speakers of Lake Miwok. The best attested language is Southern Sierra Miwok

Southern Sierra Miwok language

Southern Sierra Miwok is a Utian language spoken by the Native American people called the Southern Sierra Miwok of Northern California.-Consonants:The 15 consonants of Southern Sierra Miwok:-Vowels:The 6 vowels of Southern Sierra Miwok:-Length:...

, from which we get the name Yosemite.

Languages

• Eastern Miwok
  • Plains Miwok
    Plains Miwok language
    Plains Miwok, also known as Valley Miwok, was one of the Miwok languages spoken in eastern California by the Plains Miwok people. It was spoken in the deltas of the San Joaquin and Cosumnes rivers. Plains Miwok was once one of the most populous Miwok languages. All of the population has shifted to...
    
     (†)
  • Bay Miwok
    Bay Miwok
    The Bay Miwok were a cultural and linguistic group of Miwok, a Native American people in Northern California who lived in Contra Costa County. They joined the Franciscan mission system during the early nineteenth century, suffered a devastating population decline, and lost their language as they...
    
     ( Saclan) (†)
  • Sierra Miwok
    Valley and Sierra Miwok
    The Plains and Sierra Miwok , were the largest group of Miwok Native American people...
    
    
    • Northern Sierra Miwok
    • Central Sierra Miwok
    • Southern Sierra Miwok
      Southern Sierra Miwok language
      Southern Sierra Miwok is a Utian language spoken by the Native American people called the Southern Sierra Miwok of Northern California.-Consonants:The 15 consonants of Southern Sierra Miwok:-Vowels:The 6 vowels of Southern Sierra Miwok:-Length:...
      
      
• Western Miwok
  • Coast Miwok
    Coast Miwok
    The Coast Miwok were the second largest group of Miwok Native American people. The Coast Miwok inhabited the general area of modern Marin County and southern Sonoma County in Northern California, from the Golden Gate north to Duncans Point and eastward to Sonoma Creek...
    
     (†) (Bodega and Marin dialects)
  • Lake Miwok
    Lake Miwok
    The Lake Miwok were a branch of the Miwok, a Native American people of Northern California. The Lake Miwok lived in the Clear Lake basin of what is now called Lake County.-Culture:...