what language did the miwok indians speak?
Utian languages
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 Within the divisions there were over 50 Ohlone tribes and villages who spoke the Ohlone @-@ Costanoan languages in 1769 , before being absorbed into the Spanish Missions by 1806 . 

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 Coming from an oral tradition , the written word was nonexistent until the missionary arrival . Kanak knowledge was passed orally in the form of poems , legends , and stories . Children 's oral history is provided by parents and other relatives who also use tickling and onomatopoeic noise to hold the child 's attention . Of the Kanak authors , some of the notable ones are Tjibaou who wrote La Présence Kanak ; Susanna Ounei @-@ Small , a Kanak author from Ouvéa who wrote about the Matignon Accords ; and Kaloombat Tein , author of Hwanfalik – Sayings from the Hienghene Valley which provides insight into Hienghène legends and is written in Hienghène , with English language translation . 

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 Linguists identified eight regional , linguistic divisions or subgroups of the Ohlone , listed below from north to south : 

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 The European languages introduced during colonialism have created a linguistic divide between the population who live in the Northwest and Southwest regions and the French @-@ speaking remainder of the country . Both English and French are official languages , although French is by far the most understood language ( more than 80 % ) . 

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 American Indian lore contains numerous legends to explain the eruptions of Mount St. Helens and other Cascade volcanoes . The most famous of these is the Bridge of the Gods legend told by the Klickitat people . In their tale , the chief of all the gods and his two sons , Pahto ( also called Klickitat ) and Wy 'east , traveled down the Columbia River from the Far North in search for a suitable area to settle . 
