Mono

MNR

moribund

Alternate Names: Monachi

Dialects: Eastern Mono, Western Mono. Related to Northern Paiute ,.

Genealogy:

Uto-Aztecan
Northern Uto-Aztecan
Numic
Western

Demographics: 37 (1994 L. Hinton), decreasing. More than 20 speakers and 100 semispeakers of Western Mono. Under 30 speakers of Eastern Mono (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 Eastern Mono (Golla 2007).

Language Use: Speakers 50 and older. Shifting to English [eng].

Language Development: North Fork: informal language classes, dictionary under development; Big Sandy: language classes, wordlists.

Nation of Origin: United States

Other Comments: Each of the communities has sponsored language revival programs.