Valley Yokuts

Valley Yokuts is sometimes considered three languages.Northern Valley is sometimes called "Northern Foothill". However, in Gamble's 1988 classification, Foothill Yokuts is a cover term for Gashowu–Kings River, Tule-Kaweah, and Buena Vista Yokuts.

• Far Northern Valley Yokuts ({{a.k.a.}} Delta Yokuts) †

: Yachikumne (a.k.a. Chulamni)

: Chalostaca

: Lakisamni

: Tawalimni

• Northern Valley Yokuts

: Nopṭinṭe

: Chawchila

: Chukchansi

: Kechayi

: Dumna

• Southern Valley Yokuts

: Wechihit

: Nutunutu–Tachi

: Chunut (a.k.a. Sumtache)

: Wo’lasi–Choynok

: Wowol

: Telamni

: Koyeti–Yawelmani

Of these, Yawelmani {{IPAc-en|j|ɑː|w|ɛ|l|ˈ|m|ɑː|n|i}},Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh also known as Yowlumni, is the best known. See also Chukchansi dialect.

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• ablaut
• suffix

: deeyi 'to lead'

: deeyen 'he will lead'

: deyhin 'he led'

: diyhatinhin 'he wanted to lead'

: diyee’iy 'place where one got the lead' (subjective)

: diyaa’an 'he is leading'

: deydiyen 'he will lead repeatedly'

: diyidyiisaahin ’anam 'they led each other repeatedly'

: diyeediyic’ 'one who is leading repeatedly' (subjective)

: deyday 'act of leading repeatedly' (subjective)

• reduplication

: ’ɔɔṭ’hun 'he stole' - ’ɔɔṭ’uṭ’hun 'he stole often'

: ’ɔɔṭ’al 'he might steal' - ’ɔɔṭ’uṭ’al 'he might steal often'

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• [http://cla.berkeley.edu/language/732 Valley Yokuts at California Language Archive]

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