Yawdanchi dialect
Tule-Kaweah Yokuts dialect of California
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Yawdanchi (also spelled Yaudanchi) was 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.[2] It is now extinct.
| Yawdanchi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Tule River, California |
| Ethnicity | Yawdanchi Yokuts |
| Extinct | c. 20th century[1] |
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.[2]