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Chumash vs Miwok - What's the difference?

chumash | miwok |

As proper nouns the difference between chumash and miwok

is that chumash is any book of the Pentateuch while Miwok is the Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.

As a noun Miwok is

a member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.

chumash

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Proper noun

  • (Judaism) Any book of the Pentateuch.
  • The Pentateuch collectively.
    • Related terms
    * Chamisha Chumshei Torah

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A native American tribe of southern California.
  • The language of the tribe.
    • See also
    * (Chumash people)

    External links

    * * * * * * *

    References

    The Family of Chumash Languages English heteronyms English terms with multiple etymologies

    miwok

    English

    (wikipedia Miwok)

    Alternative forms

    * Miwuk, Mewuk

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A member of a linguistic group of indigenous people, native to central California.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Utian (Penutian) languages spoken by these groups.

    • Quotations

    * 1925, Kroeber, Alfred, Handbook of Indians of California'', Washington, D.C: ''Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30): *: The Miwok pound acorns with pestles

    Derived terms

    * Bay Miwok * Bodega Miwok * Coast Miwok * Lake Miwok * Marin Miwok * Miwokan * Plains Miwok * Sierra Miwok * Valley Miwok

    External links

    * Native Tribes, Groups, Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770 (map after Kroeber) * * * * * * *

    References

    * 1925, Kroeber, Alfred L. Handbook of the Indians of California''. Washington, D.C: ''Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. (Chapter 30, The Miwok); available at Yosemite Online Library. * 1976, Cook, Sherburne, The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization . Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1976. ISBN 0-520-03143-1. * 2004/6, Access Genealogy.com, Indian Tribal records, Miwok Indian Tribe ( Online).