Northern Valley Yokuts

Northern Valley Yokuts
Northern Valley Yokuts
Native to	United States
Region	Central Valley, California
Language family	Yok-Utian ? Yokutsan General Yokuts Nim Northern Yokuts Valley Yokuts Northern Valley Yokuts; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Chawchila; Nopṭinṭe; Kechayi; Dumna; Dalinchi; Toltichi; Chukchansi;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	nort2937

Northern Valley Yokuts is a dialect network within the Valley Yokuts division of the Yokutsan languages spoken in the Central Valley of California.^[1] Among the languages belonging to the network are Chawchila, Nopṭinṭe, Kechayi, Dumna, Dalinchi, Toltichi, and Chukchansi. Of these, Kechayi, Dumna, Dalinchi, Toltichi, and Chukchansi are frequently grouped under the label Northern Hill dialects.^[2]

References

^ Whistler, Kenneth W.; Golla, Victor (1986). "Proto-Yokuts Reconsidered". International Journal of American Linguistics. 52 (4): 317–358. doi:10.1086/466028. ISSN 0020-7071. JSTOR 1265536. S2CID 144822697.
^ Golla, Victor (2011-08-02). California Indian Languages. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520266674.