Chico language

{{Short description|Extinct Maiduan language of California, US}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Chico

| nativename =

| states = United States

| region = California

| extinct = 21st century

| ref = e25

| familycolor = penutian

| fam1 = Penutian?

| fam2 = Maiduan

| iso3 = vmv

| glotto = vall1252

| glottorefname = Valley Maidu

| fam3 = Konkow?

| altname = Valley Maidu

| map = File:Pre-contact_distribution_of_Maiduan_languages.png

| mapcaption = {{legend|#fe0000|Chico}}

}}

Chico (also Valley Maidu) is an extinct Maiduan language formerly spoken by Maidu peoples who lived in Northern California, between Sacramento and the Sierra foothills. It may be a divergent dialect of Konkow or an independent language.{{Cite book |last=Golla |first=Victor |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/668191602 |title=California Indian languages |date=2011 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-26667-4 |location=Berkeley |oclc=668191602}}