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ISO 639-3: nsz

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, Southern Maidu, Wapumni

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Primary texts

  1. Gambling Song. Joseph, William (consultant); Lehmer, Derrik N. (researcher). [1931 March]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-2744
  2. Loqui Dance Song. Joseph, William (consultant); Lehmer, Derrik N. (researcher). [1931 March]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-2746
  3. Gambling Song. Joseph, William (consultant); Lehmer, Derrik N. (researcher). [1931 March]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-2747
  4. Kamhin Dance Song. Joseph, William (consultant); Lehmer, Derrik N. (researcher). [1931 March]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-2748
  5. [Nisenan songs and text]. Joseph, William (consultant); Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher); de Angulo, Jaime (researcher). [probably 1931]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:24-4
  6. Linguistic data; story. n.a. (:unas). California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 230.001
  7. ONLINESeries of unidentified texts. Kelly, Louis (consultant); Smith, Richard (researcher). 1978. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 32.001
  8. ONLINEDiscussion about numbers. Includes lexical items and a text.. Kelly, Louis (consultant); Smith, Richard (researcher). 1978. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 32.002
  9. ONLINEElicitation interspersed with comments and texts. Kelly, Louis (consultant); Smith, Richard (researcher). 1978. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 32.003
  10. ONLINEUntitled texts. Kelly, Louis (consultant); Smith, Richard (researcher). 1978. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 32.005
  11. ONLINEStory of coyote and the groundsquirrel. Kelly, Louis (consultant); Smith, Richard (researcher). 1978. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 32.006
  12. ONLINEStory of fox and the two dove sisters. Kelly, Louis (consultant); Smith, Richard (researcher). 1978. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 32.007
  13. ONLINEStory of the naming of the animals. Kelly, Louis (consultant); Smith, Richard (researcher). 1978. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 32.008
  14. ONLINEHummingbird fire story. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.001
  15. ONLINEStory of bear and deer women. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.002
  16. ONLINECoyote dreamed and smoked. n.a. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.003
  17. ONLINEHotakam. A girl's initiation song.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.004
  18. ONLINEHetetoma song and comments. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.005
  19. ONLINEStory of moon and coyote. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.006
  20. ONLINEStory of coyote and grass. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.007
  21. ONLINEA monologue about betrothals, in-laws, and divorce. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.008
  22. ONLINELadies' handgame song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.009
  23. ONLINEBillie Jo's hetetoma song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.010
  24. ONLINETwo dance songs. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.011
  25. ONLINE'emeluluk dowma. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.012
  26. ONLINESleep and die quick song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.013
  27. ONLINEMen's handgame song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.014
  28. ONLINEStory of dappem pombokom. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.015
  29. ONLINEPotato bug story. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.016
  30. ONLINEUses of porcupines and their quills. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.017
  31. ONLINECrow drink song. Includes discussion.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.018
  32. ONLINEWilliam Franklin's war dance song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.019
  33. ONLINEHenaj handgame song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.020
  34. ONLINEBillie Jo's coyote-man song. Includes discussion.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.021
  35. ONLINEOld Jane's handgame song. Smith, Richard; Enos, Lizzie (consultant). [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.022
  36. ONLINEAcorn song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.023
  37. ONLINEManzanita song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.024
  38. ONLINETuda song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.025
  39. ONLINEMarysville Butte song. Discussion of other songs also included.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.026
  40. ONLINE'ojjin song. Includes comments.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.027
  41. ONLINEMan on a rock; a short story and song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.028
  42. ONLINETujce wanaj song. Includes comments.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.029
  43. ONLINEMourning song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.030
  44. ONLINELadies' dance song. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.031
  45. ONLINEHilane, a ladies' handgame song. Includes some discussion.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.032
  46. ONLINEWululultonoj dove song. Smith, Richard; Enos, Lizzie (consultant). [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.033
  47. ONLINEHawk-saw-one-hair-war song. Includes a short story.. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.034
  48. ONLINEHanhanik Ba. Enos, Lizzie (consultant); Smith, Richard. [1964/1965]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:LA 40.035
  49. Central Hill Nisenan texts with grammatical sketch. Eatough, Andrew, 1967-. 1999. University of California publications in linguistics ; v. 132. oai:gial.edu:12063

Lexical resources

  1. [Nisenan vocabulary]. Sawyer, Jesse O. (researcher). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Sawyer.097
  2. English loan words. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.001
  3. ONLINE[Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Vocabulary]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.005
  4. ONLINE[Nisenan vocabulary]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher); Joseph, William (consultant). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.007.001
  5. [Nisenan vocabulary]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher); Joseph, William (consultant). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.007.002

Language descriptions

  1. Maidu phonology. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.001
  2. [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Verb stems]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.002
  3. [Draft sections of Maidu grammar]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.003
  4. [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Phonetics]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950 and 1954]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.006
  5. ONLINE[Draft sections of Maidu grammar]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.007
  6. [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Stem endings]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.008
  7. ONLINE[Draft sections of Maidu grammar]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.009
  8. ONLINE[Notes on mood in Maidu]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.010
  9. Maidu modus. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.011
  10. [Notes on Maidu pronouns]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.012
  11. ONLINE[Draft sections of Maidu grammar]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.013
  12. Maidu phonetics. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). 1954. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.018
  13. ONLINE[Miscellaneous notes on Maidu grammar]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[approximately 1960 and earlier]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.020
  14. Central Hill Nisenan texts with grammatical sketch. Eatough, Andrew, 1967-. 1999. University of California publications in linguistics ; v. 132. oai:gial.edu:12063
  15. ONLINEGlottolog 5.0 Resources for Nisenan. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:nise1244
  16. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Nisenan. n.a. 2022. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:nsn

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINECentral Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch. Eatough, Andrew. 1999. University of California Publications. oai:refdb.wals.info:2299
  2. ONLINENisenan Texts and Dictionary. Uldall, Hans Jürgen; Shipley, William. 1966. University of California Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:5586
  3. ONLINENisenan: a language of United States. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:nsz
  4. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Nisenan. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_nsz
  5. ONLINE[Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Texts]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.004
  6. [Notes on Maidu grammar]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.014
  7. [Notes on grammatical number in Maidu]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.015
  8. [Notes on grammatical person in Maidu]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.016
  9. ONLINE[Notes on tense in Maidu]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [[1950]]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.017
  10. ONLINE[Miscellaneous Maidu materials]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher). [1935-1960]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.004.019
  11. [Nisenen audio recording: Stories and songs]. Uldall, Hans Jørgen (researcher); Joseph, William (consultant). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Uldall.t001
  12. ONLINECalifornia Indian keepsakes. Dentzel, Carl Schaefer; Meadows, Don; Walker, Ardis M.; Segerstrom, Donald I.; Wilson, Norman L.; Riddell, Francis A.; Theodoratus, Dorothea J.; Dillon, Richard; Wallace, William J.; Dawson, Lawrence E.; Azbill, Henry Ke'a'a'la. 1973. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Sawyer.105

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINENisenan materials, Mary R. Haas Papers. Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996; Nevin, Bruce E.; Smith, Richard Alan, 1941-. 1965, undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10678
  2. ONLINENisenan materials, Harvey Pitkin Papers. Pitkin, Harvey; Smith, Richard Alan, 1941-; Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967. 1955. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10603
  3. ONLINENisenan materials, ACLS collection. Uldall, Hans Jørgen, 1907-1957. Circa 1930;. ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9519

Other known names and dialect names: Neeshenam, Nishinam, Pujuni, Southern Maidu, Wapumni

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