Tule–Kaweah was a major dialect of the Yokuts language of California, or possibly a distinct but closely related language.[2]
| Tule–Kaweah Yokuts | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | San Joaquin Valley, California |
| Ethnicity | Yokuts people |
| Extinct | 25 September 2021, with the death of Marie Wilcox[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in Yokuts [yok]) |
| Glottolog | tule1245 |
 Distribution of Tule–Kaweah Yokuts | |
Wukchumni, the last surviving dialect, had[when?] 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
editThere were three dialects of Tule–Kaweah, †Wukchumni (Wikchamni), †Yawdanchi (a.k.a. Nutaa), and †Bokninuwad.
References
edit- ^ a b Seelye, Katharine Q. (6 October 2021). "Marie Wilcox, Who Saved Her Native Language from Extinction, Dies at 87". The New York Times.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b ‘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
edit- Tule–Kaweah at California Language Archive
- Yokuts Languages, Comparison of sounds in Wikchamni and other Yokutsan languages