Buena Vista Yokuts
Extinct Yokuts language of California, US
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Buena Vista was a major dialect of the Yokuts language of California, or possibly a distinct but closely related language.[2] It was spoken in at least two local varieties around Buena Vista Lake in Kern County, California,"[1] in the villages of Hometwoli, Loasau, Tuhohi, and Tulamni.[3]
| Buena Vista Yokuts | |
|---|---|
Pronouns in Buena Vista Yokuts | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | San Joaquin Valley, California |
| Ethnicity | Yokuts people |
| Extinct | 1930s[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in Yokuts [yok]) |
| Glottolog | buen1244 |
 Distribution of Buena Vista Yokuts | |
Dialects
Two documented dialects of Buena Vista were Tulamni and Hometwali.[4] Tuhohi (also called Tohohai or Tuhohayi) was a similar dialect, spoken by a tribe who "lived among channels and sloughs of Kern River where they enter Tulare Lake."[5]
A variety of the Barbareño language "was heavily influenced by Buena Vista Yokuts." This language was called Emigdiano, as it was "spoken at San Emigdio near Buena Vista Lake."[6]
