Kings River Yokuts
Appearance
Kings River Yokuts | |
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Native to | United States |
Region | San Joaquin Valley, California |
Ethnicity | Yokuts people |
Extinct | June 22, 2017, with the death of Hank Oliver[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in Yokuts [yok]) |
Glottolog | king1260 Kings River |
Historical distribution of Kings River Yokuts |
Kings River was a dialect of the Yokutsan language of California.
Dialects
[edit]There were four dialects of Kings River, Chukaymina, Michahay, Ayitcha (a.k.a. Kocheyali), and Choynimni.
References
[edit]- ^ "Hank Oliver, Choinumni Tribe Patriarch, dies at 91". ABC30 Fresno. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
External links
[edit]- Kings River Yokuts, California Language Archive
- Yokut tales
- "Yokuts languages". Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. 2010.