Yokutsan Languages - Family Division

Family Division

The Yokutsan family consists of half a dozen languages, depending upon one's definition of the boundary between a language and a dialect. An estimated forty linguistically distinct groups existed before Euro-American contact. The following classification appears in Whistler & Golla (1986).

Poso Creek

  • Palewyami Yokuts (AKA Poso Creek, Altinin) (†)

General Yokuts (all others)

  • Buena Vista
Tulamni
Hometwali
  • Nim
  • Tule–Kaweah
Wikchamni
Yawdanchi (AKA Nutaa)
Bokninuwad
  • Northern Yokuts
  • Gashowu
  • Kings River
Chukaymina
Michahay
Ayitcha (AKA Aiticha, Kocheyali)
Choynimni (AKA Choinimni)
  • Valley Yokuts (see)

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