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Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
RegionSan Joaquin Valley, California
EthnicityYokut people
Native speakers
1 (2014)[1]
Yok-Utian ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in yok)
Glottologtule1245

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.

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 dialects of Tule-Kaweah, Wikchamni (Wukchumni), Yawdanchi (AKA Nutaa), and Bokninuwad.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c ‘Who Speaks Wukchumni?’, New York Times, 19 Aug 2014.
  2. ^ Vaughan-Lee, Emmanuel (2014-08-18). "Who Speaks Wukchumni?". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Heller, Chris (2014-09-22). "Saving Wukchumni". The Atlantic.
  4. ^ “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.

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