Yawdanchi (also spelled Yaudanchi) is a dialect of Tule-Kaweah Yokuts that was historically spoken by the Yawdanchi Yokuts people living along the Tule River in the Tulare Lake Basin of California. The Yawdanchi dialect is closely related to the Wiikchamni dialect.[1]
Yawdanchi | |
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Language family | Yok-Utian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | yawd1234 |
Yawdanchi was documented by A. L. Kroeber who published an article on the grammar and phonology of the dialect in 1907.[1]
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History and geography | Tulare Lake (Islands in Tulare Lake) • Buena Vista Lake • Painted Rock (Tulare County, California) • San Luis Gonzaga Archeological District | ||||
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Reservations and rancherías | Tule River Farm • Santa Rosa Rancheria • Tejon Indian Tribe of California • Table Mountain Rancheria • Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians |