Maidu (also Northeastern Maidu, Mountain Maidu) is a severely endangered Maiduan language spoken by Maidu peoples traditionally in the mountains east and south of Lassen Peak in the American and Feather river drainages. An endangered language is a language with so few surviving speakers that it is in danger of falling out of use. ... Pre-contact distribution of Maiduan languages Maiduan (also Maidun, Pujunan) is a small endangered language family of northeastern California. ... The Maidu are a group of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. ... Lassen Peak, in Shasta County, California USA, is the largest plug dome volcano in the world and is the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range. ... This article treats the river in California. ...

According Gordon (2005), only one or two speakers remain.

See also

• Maidu
• Maiduan languages

The Maidu are a group of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. ...

External links

• Ethnologue: Maidu, Northeast

Bibliography

• Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.
• Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).
• Heizer, Robert F. (1966). Languages, territories, and names of California Indian tribes.
• Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.