Tule–Kaweah was a major dialect of the Yokuts language of California, or possibly a distinct but closely related language.[2]

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Tule–Kaweah Yokuts
Native toUnited States
RegionSan Joaquin Valley, California
EthnicityYokuts people
Extinct25 September 2021, with the death of Marie Wilcox[1]
Yok-Utian ?
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        • Tule–Kaweah Yokuts
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ISO 639-3(included in Yokuts [yok])
Glottologtule1245
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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.

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