Tule-Kaweah Yokuts

Tule-Kaweah is a Yokuts dialect of California.

Tule-Kaweah Yokuts
RegionSan Joaquin Valley, California
EthnicityYokuts people
Native speakers
0 (2021)[1]
Yok-Utian ?
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in yok)
Glottologtule1245
Distribution of Tule-Kaweah Yokuts

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
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/marie-wilcox-dead.html
  2. ‘Who Speaks Wukchumni?’, New York Times, 19 Aug 2014.
  3. Vaughan-Lee, Emmanuel (2014-08-18). "Who Speaks Wukchumni?". The New York Times.
  4. Heller, Chris (2014-09-22). "Saving Wukchumni". The Atlantic.
  5. “Marie's dictionary”, a short documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/marie-wilcox-dead.html
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