miwok

• Eigenname für einen Angehörigen des indigenen Volkes der Miwok in Kalifornien oder für die zu den Penuti-Sprachen gehörende Sprache dieses Volkes.

A proper noun referring to a member of the Miwok people, a Native American group native to the central Sierra Nevada region of California, or to the Penutian language spoken by that people.

Eigenname

1. Indigenous PeopleB2formalamerican

   A member of a Native American group historically residing in the central Sierra Nevada region of California.

   Mi­wok

   • The Miwok people have a rich cultural heritage tied to the California landscape.
   • Anthropologists have studied the traditional lifestyle of the Miwok.
   • Descendants of the Miwok still live in their ancestral territories today.

2. B2formalamerican

   A Penutian language historically spoken by the Miwok people.

   Sprache

   • Linguists are working to document and revitalize the Miwok language.
   • Only a few elders still speak the Miwok language fluently.
   • The Miwok language belongs to the larger Penutian language family.

   Synonymemoquelumnan