Endangered Languages Project - Yokuts - Chukchansi Bilingual Dictionary

Yokuts

Classification: Yokutsan

critically endangered

This dictionary, in its third edition, is part of the revitalization effort of the Chukchansi dialect of Yokuts.

AUTHOR	Language Consultants: Holly Wyatt & Jane Wyatt; Compiled by: Niken Adisasmito-Smith; With Assistance from: Brian Agbayani & Chris Golston
UPLOADED BY	Chukchansi Yokuts Documentation and Revitalizati
LAST VERSION	2011
ARCHIVED UNDER	Wordlists, vocabulary and dictionaries
LANGUAGE	English

Nikki Luv 4324 days ago

Is any one still monitoring? I have been requesting access for some time. I speak yokut and would like a response for access.

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Yokuts , Chukchansi

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Chukchansi Yokuts Documentation and Revitalizati

Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians & California State University, Fresno, CA, USA

For thousands of years the Chukchansi people and their language thrived in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Now, however, the Chukchansi Yokuts language is at risk of extinction. Only a handful of native speakers remain. They alone hold the key to the preservation of the language. Speakers of Chukchansi, educators with the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, and Faculty and graduate students in Linguistics at California State University, Fresno have helped to build a strong foundational understanding of this complex and fascinating language, but there is much left to be accomplished. In the summer of 2009 we devised an alphabet and writing system, but native speakers and teachers must still gain proficiency. A dictionary is being developed and a collection of texts is being assembled. Curriculum and learning materials are being developed to spread written and spoken Chukchansi beyond the classroom and back into social and ritual contexts.

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