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Yokuts

Yokuts

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A Native American language spoken in California's San Joaquin Valley
  • noun
  • /joʊˈkʌts/
: idioma yokuts
  • Only a few fluent speakers of Yokuts remain today, making preservation efforts critical.

Examples

  • The grammar of Yokuts includes features that are rare in other Penutian languages.

  • Linguists have studied the Yokuts language to learn more about Native Californian cultures.

  • The Yokuts language is rich in history.

  • Many linguists study the Yokuts language today.

  • Linguists have studied the Yokuts language to learn more about Native Californian cultures.

  • Only a few fluent speakers of Yokuts remain today, making preservation efforts critical.

  • The grammar of Yokuts includes features that are rare in other Penutian languages.

Synonyms

Yokuts language
vsYokuts
9.9

A language spoken by the Yokuts people in California's San Joaquin Valley

has identical meaning but is phrased as a definite name
Mariposan
vsYokuts
  • Specialized
9.9

A language once spoken by the Yokuts people in California's San Joaquin Valley

uses a traditional framing rather than simply noting past use
Mariposan language
vsYokuts
  • Specialized
9.9

A dead Native American language once spoken by the Yokuts in California's San Joaquin Valley

does not state extinction, focuses on traditional spoken status

Compounds

Yokuts language
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A language spoken by the Yokuts people in California's San Joaquin Valley

Surface Forms

Yokuts singular
Yokuts plural

Etymology

The word Yokuts also names the language of those people; it is the group's own name for their speech, so the Yokuts language simply means 'the language of the Yokuts people'.