Glossary of Technical Terms
| Adjective — A word like "large" or "young" that modifies or qualifies a noun. | |
| Consonant — A sound other than a vowel, involving some degree of closing down the airflow through your mouth, such as t, s, or n. | |
| Dual — When the number of the verb subject is exactly two. | |
| First-person — The person(s) speaking: "I" or "we" in English. | |
| Glottal stop — A catch in the throat from closure of the "glottis," the vocal cords, written in Miwok with an apostrophe as '. | |
| Person marker — One of the verb prefixes that tell you what person the subject of the sentence is, such as ka- for "I" in kapicha "I know." | |
| Plural — When the number of the verb subject is three or more. | |
| Prefix — A part of the word that comes before the root, such as "unwind." | |
| Second-person — The person or persons being spoken to: "you" or "you all" in English. | |
| Singular — When the number is one, for example "child" as opposed to "children," or "I" as opposed to "we." | |
| Third-person — The person(s) being spoken about: "he," "she," "it," and "they" in English. | |
| Vowel — A set of sounds that include a, e, i, o and u in Miwok. You can draw them out; they carry the pitch and loudness of your voice.. | |