Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
| Tule-Kaweah Yokuts | |
|---|---|
| Region | San Joaquin Valley, California |
| Ethnicity | Yokut people |
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Native speakers
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1 (2014) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in yok) |
| Glottolog | tule1245 |
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. “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, is about her dictionary. She has also recorded an oral version of the dictionary. Together with her daughter Jennifer, Marie Wilcox teaches weekly classes to interested members of their tribe.
There were three dialects of Tule-Kaweah, Wikchamni (Wukchumni), Yawdanchi (AKA Nutaa), and Bokninuwad.
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