Valley Yokuts | |
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Region | San Joaquin Valley, California |
Ethnicity | Yokuts |
Native speakers | unknown (2007)[1] 20–25 fluent and semi-speakers[1] |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in Yokuts [yok]) |
Glottolog | vall1251 |
Historical distribution with dialects |
Valley Yokuts is a dialect cluster of the Yokutsan language family of California.
Chukchansi, which is still spoken natively, has language classes and a preschool for children. It is also taught at a local elementary school. Though there are no longer any native speakers, Tachi has a Headstart language program.
Valley Yokuts is sometimes considered three languages.[2]
Of these, Yawelmani /jɑːwɛlˈmɑːni/,[3] also known as Yowlumni, is the best known. See also Chukchansi dialect.