Tule–Kaweah Yokuts

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]
Language family	Yok-Utian ? Yokuts General Yokuts Nim Tule–Kaweah Yokuts
Dialects	Wukchumni † Yawdanchi † Bokninuwad †
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

There were three dialects of Tule–Kaweah, †Wukchumni (Wikchamni), †Yawdanchi (a.k.a. Nutaa), and †Bokninuwad.