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Yokutsan (also known as Yokuts and Mariposan) is an endangered language family spoken in the interior of Northern and Central California in and around the San Joaquin Valley by the Yokut people. The speakers of Yokutsan languages were severely affected by disease, missionaries, and the Gold Rush. While descendants of Yokutsan-family speakers currently number in the thousands, most of the constituent languages are now extinct. The Yawelmani dialect of Valley Yokuts has been a focus of much linguistic research. ==Family division== The Yokutsan family consists of half a dozen languages, depending upon one's definition of the boundary between a language and a dialect. An estimated forty linguistically distinct groups existed before Euro-American contact. The following classification appears in Whistler & Golla (1986). Poso Creek * Palewyami Yokuts ( Poso Creek, Altinin General Yokuts (all others) * Buena Vista :: Tulamni :: Hometwali * Nim : * Tule–Kaweah :: Wukchumni :: Yawdanchi ( Nutaa) :: Bokninuwad : * Northern Yokuts :: * Gashowu :: * Kings River ::: Chukaymina ::: Michahay ::: Ayitcha ( Aiticha, Kocheyali) ::: Choynimni ( Choinimni) :: * Valley Yokuts (see) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yokutsan languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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