Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
Tule-Kaweah Yokuts | |
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Region | San Joaquin Valley, California |
Ethnicity | Yokuts people |
Native speakers | 0 (2021)[1] |
Yok-Utian ?
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Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in yok) |
Glottolog | tule1245 |
Distribution of Tule-Kaweah Yokuts |
Tule-Kaweah is a Yokuts dialect of California.
Wukchumni, the last surviving dialect, had only one native or fluent speaker, Marie Wilcox (both native and fluent), who compiled a dictionary of the language.[2][3][4][5] “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, is about her dictionary. She also recorded an oral version of the dictionary.[2] Together with her daughter Jennifer, Marie Wilcox taught weekly classes to interested members of their tribe. Marie Wilcox died on September 25, 2021.[6]
Dialects[]
There were three subdialects of Tule-Kaweah, Wukchumni (Wikchamni), Yawdanchi (a.k.a. Nutaa), and Bokninuwad.
References[]
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/marie-wilcox-dead.html
- ^ a b ‘Who Speaks Wukchumni?’, New York Times, 19 Aug 2014.
- ^ Vaughan-Lee, Emmanuel (2014-08-18). "Who Speaks Wukchumni?". The New York Times.
- ^ Heller, Chris (2014-09-22). "Saving Wukchumni". The Atlantic.
- ^ “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/marie-wilcox-dead.html
External links[]
- Tule-Kaweah at California Language Archive
- Yokuts Languages, Comparison of sounds in Wikchamni and other Yokutsan languages
Categories:
- Yokutsan languages
- Endangered Yokutsan languages