Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
Tule-Kaweah is a Yokuts dialect of California. One subdialect survives, that of the Wukchumni (Wikchamni) tribe, with a single speaker remaining as of 2014.
| Tule-Kaweah Yokuts | |
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| Region | San Joaquin Valley, California |
| Ethnicity | Yokut people |
Native speakers | 1 (2017)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in yok) |
| Glottolog | tule1245 |
 Distribution of Tule-Kaweah Yokuts | |
Wukchumni has only one native or fluent speaker, Marie Wilcox (both native and fluent), who has compiled a dictionary of the language.[1][2][3][4] “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, is about her dictionary. She has also recorded an oral version of the dictionary.[1] Together with her daughter Jennifer, Marie Wilcox teaches weekly classes to interested members of their tribe.
Dialects
There were three subdialects of Tule-Kaweah, Wukchumni (Wikchamni), Yawdanchi (AKA Nutaa), and Bokninuwad.
References
- ‘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.
External links
- Tule-Kaweah at California Language Archive
- Yokuts Languages, Comparison of sounds in Wikchamni and other Yokutsan languages
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