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Delta Yokuts

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Delta Yokuts
Far Northern Valley Yokuts
Native toUnited States
RegionCalifornia
Eraattested 1888[1]
Yok-Utian
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologdelt1254

Delta Yokuts, also termed Far Northern Valley Yokuts, is an extinct dialect network of Valley Yokuts, an indigenous Yokutsan language of California. Delta Yokuts dialects were spoken from directly northeast of modern Stockton to the confluence of the Merced and San Joaquin rivers near modern Hills Ferry.[1]

Among the attested and named dialects of Delta Yokuts were Yachikumne (Chulamni), Pasasamne, Tamukamne (also known as Tamcan), Cholovomne, Lakisamne, Atsnil, Coconoon (also spelled Huocon and Cucunun).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Golla, Victor (2011-08-02). California Indian Languages. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520266674.