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Mono Language (Monache)
Mono is a Uto-Aztecan language of California.
Only a few elders still speak the language fluently, but some young Monos are working to keep their ancestral language alive.
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Mono Vocabulary
Our list of vocabulary words in the Mono language, with comparison to words in other Uto-Aztecan languages.
Language Museum: Mono:
Translation of a Christian prayer into the Mono language.
House of Languages: Mono:
Information about Mono language usage.
Ethnologue: Mono:
Demographic information about the Mono language.
Survey of California Indian Languages: Mono:
Profile of the Mono language from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mono Language Tree:
Theories about Mono's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Mono Language Structures:
Mono linguistic profile and academic bibliography.
Plateau Shoshonean Vocabulary:
Early 20th-century wordlists of Mono and Paviotso.
Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians
Overview of the modern-day Mono tribe.
Western Mono Indians
Information on traditional Mono culture and history.
Mono Legends:
Collection of Mono Indian legends and folktales.
Mono Authors:
Mono writers, their lives and work.
The Mono Indians:
Curtis' early 20th-century ethnography of the Mono tribe.
Mono Basket Hat 
Indian Clothes Indian Hats Indian Hair:
Mono and other California Indian clothing.
Books for sale on the Mono Indians
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Walking Where We Lived
Interesting autobiography of a Mono Indian man and his community.
Weaving a California Tradition
Charming book about a contemporary Mono girl learning to weave baskets.
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Additional Resources, Links, and References
Lengua Mono:
Information about the Mono language in Spanish.
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