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{{Short description|Yokuts dialect of California, US}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
| name = Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
|nativename=
| nativename =
|region=[[San Joaquin Valley]], [[California]]
| region = [[San Joaquin Valley]], [[California]]
|ethnicity=[[Yokut people]]
| ethnicity = [[Yokuts people]]
|speakers=1
| speakers = 0
|date=2014
| date = 2021
|ref=<ref name="NYT"/>
| ref = <ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/marie-wilcox-dead.html | title=Marie Wilcox, Who Saved Her Native Language from Extinction, Dies at 87 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=6 October 2021 | last1=Seelye | first1=Katharine Q. }}</ref>
|familycolor=American
| familycolor = American
|fam1=[[Yok-Utian]] ?
| fam1 = [[Yok-Utian]] ?
|fam2=[[Yokutsan languages|Yokutsan]]
| fam2 = [[Yokuts language|Yokuts]]
|fam3=Nim
| fam3 = General Yokuts
|iso3=none
| fam4 = Nim
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|iso3comment=(included in {{ethnolink|yok}})
| dia1 = †[[Wukchumni dialect|Wukchumni]]
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|glotto=tule1245
| dia2 = †[[Yawdanchi dialect|Yawdanchi]]
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|glottorefname=Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
| dia3 = †[[Bokninuwad]]
| iso3 = none
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| iso3comment = (included in {{ISO 639 name|yok|link=yes}} [yok])
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| glotto = tule1245
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| glottorefname = Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
| mapcaption = Distribution of Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
| map = Yokuts Tule Kaweah dialects.svg
| extinct = 25 September 2021
}}
}}


'''Tule-Kaweah''' is a [[Yokutsan language]] of California. One dialect survives, that of the [[Wukchumni]] (Wikchamni) tribe, with a single speaker remaining as of 2014.
'''Tule-Kaweah''' was a [[Yokuts language]] of California.<ref name=glotto>{{glotto|tule1245}}</ref>


Wukchumni has only one native or fluent speaker, [[Marie Wilcox]] (both native and fluent), who has compiled a dictionary of the language.<ref name="NYT">[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/opinion/who-speaks-wukchumni.html ‘Who Speaks Wukchumni?’], [[New York Times]], 19 Aug 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Lee |first=Emmanuel |date=2014-08-18 |title=Who Speaks Wukchumni? |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/opinion/who-speaks-wukchumni.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Heller |first=Chris |date=2014-09-22 |title=Saving Wukchumni |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/380457/saving-wukchumni/ |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate= }}</ref><ref>[http://vimeo.com/105673207 “Marie's dictionary”], a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.</ref> “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, is about her dictionary. She has also recorded an oral version of the dictionary.<ref name="NYT"/> Together with her daughter Jennifer, Marie Wilcox teaches weekly classes to interested members of their tribe.
[[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.<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/opinion/who-speaks-wukchumni.html ‘Who Speaks Wukchumni?’], [[New York Times]], 19 Aug 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Vaughan-Lee |first=Emmanuel |date=2014-08-18 |title=Who Speaks Wukchumni? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/opinion/who-speaks-wukchumni.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Heller |first=Chris |date=2014-09-22 |title=Saving Wukchumni |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/380457/saving-wukchumni/ |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] }}</ref><ref>[http://vimeo.com/105673207 “Marie's dictionary”], a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.</ref> “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, is about her dictionary. She also recorded an oral version of the dictionary.<ref name="NYT"/> Together with her daughter Jennifer, Marie Wilcox taught weekly classes to interested members of their tribe. Marie Wilcox died on September 25, 2021, rendering Tule-Kaweah extinct.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/marie-wilcox-dead.html | title=Marie Wilcox, Who Saved Her Native Language from Extinction, Dies at 87 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=6 October 2021 | last1=Seelye | first1=Katharine Q. }}</ref>


==Dialects==
==Dialects==
There were three dialects of Tule-Kaweah, ''Wikchamni (Wukchumni), Yawdanchi'' ({{sc|AKA}}'' Nutaa''), and ''Bokninuwad''.
There were three dialects of Tule-Kaweah, †''[[Wukchumni dialect|Wukchumni]] (Wikchamni),'' †''[[Yawdanchi dialect|Yawdanchi]]'' ({{a.k.a.}}'' Nutaa''), and †''[[Bokninuwad]]''.

==See also==
*[[Yokutsan languages]]


==References==
==References==
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*[http://cla.berkeley.edu/language/722?tab=items&amp;amp;string=Tule-Kaweah Tule-Kaweah at California Language Archive]
*[http://cla.berkeley.edu/language/722?tab=items&amp;amp;string=Tule-Kaweah Tule-Kaweah at California Language Archive]
* [http://www.languagegeek.com/california/yokuts.html Yokuts Languages], Comparison of sounds in Wikchamni and other Yokutsan languages
* [http://www.languagegeek.com/california/yokuts.html Yokuts Languages], Comparison of sounds in Wikchamni and other Yokutsan languages
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{{Languages of California}}
{{Languages of California}}


Latest revision as of 02:49, 19 April 2024

Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
RegionSan Joaquin Valley, California
EthnicityYokuts people
Extinct25 September 2021[1]
Yok-Utian ?
  • Yokuts
    • General Yokuts
      • Nim
        • Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Yokuts [yok])
Glottologtule1245
Distribution of Tule-Kaweah Yokuts

Tule-Kaweah was a Yokuts language of California.[2]

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.[3][4][5][6] “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, is about her dictionary. She also recorded an oral version of the dictionary.[3] Together with her daughter Jennifer, Marie Wilcox taught weekly classes to interested members of their tribe. Marie Wilcox died on September 25, 2021, rendering Tule-Kaweah extinct.[1]

Dialects[edit]

There were three dialects of Tule-Kaweah, †Wukchumni (Wikchamni), †Yawdanchi (a.k.a. Nutaa), and †Bokninuwad.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Seelye, Katharine Q. (6 October 2021). "Marie Wilcox, Who Saved Her Native Language from Extinction, Dies at 87". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tule-Kaweah Yokuts". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ^ a b ‘Who Speaks Wukchumni?’, New York Times, 19 Aug 2014.
  4. ^ Vaughan-Lee, Emmanuel (2014-08-18). "Who Speaks Wukchumni?". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Heller, Chris (2014-09-22). "Saving Wukchumni". The Atlantic.
  6. ^ “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.

External links[edit]

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