| Yawdanchi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Tule River,California |
| Ethnicity | YawdanchiYokuts |
| Extinct | c. 20th century[1] |
Yok-Utian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | yawd1234 |
Yawdanchi (also spelledYaudanchi) was a dialect ofTule–Kaweah Yokuts that was historically spoken by the Yawdanchi Yokuts people living along theTule River in theTulare Lake Basin of California. The Yawdanchi dialect is closely related to theWiikchamni dialect.[2] It is now extinct.
Yawdanchi was documented byA. L. Kroeber who published an article on the grammar and phonology of the dialect in 1907.[2]
Wilcox was once the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni but she worked for more than 20 years to produce a dictionary of the language spoken by her tribe in California's San Joaquin Valley and taught her family. Now there are at least three fluent speakers of the language, including her daughter.
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