Valley Yokuts is a dialect cluster of the Yokutsan language family of California. Chukchansi, which is still spoken natively, has language classes and a preschool for children. It is also taught at a local elementary school. Though there are no longer any native speakers, Tachi has a Headstart language program. Varieties Valley Yokuts is sometimes considered three languages. Far Northern Valley Yokuts ( 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 , also known as Yowlumni, is the best known. See also Chukchansi dialect. Grammar 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' Bibliography Archangeli, Diana B. (1985). Extrametricality in Yawelmani. Linguistic review, 4 (2), 101-120. Archangeli, Diana B. (1986). Yokuts harmony: Evidence for coplanar representation in nonlinear phonology. Linguistic inquiry, 16, 335-372. Archangeli, Diana B. (1988). Underspecification in Yawelmani phonology and morphology. Outstanding dissertations in linguistics. New York: Garland Pub. . (Revision of 1984 doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Archangeli, Diana B. (1991). Syllabification and prosodic templates in Yawelmani. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 9, 231-283. Gamble, Geoffrey. (1975). Consonant symbolism in Yokuts. International Journal of American Linguistics, 41, 306-309. Harris, Zellig. (1944). Yokuts structure and Newman's grammar. International Journal of American Linguistics, 10, 196-211. Hockett, Charles. (1967). The Yawelmani basic verb. Language, 26, 278-282. Hockett, Charles. (1973). Yokuts as a testing ground for linguistic methods. International Journal of American Linguistics, 39, 63-79. Hymes, Dell H. (1964). Language in culture and society: A reader in linguistics and anthropology. New York: Harper & Row. Kuroda, S.-Y. (1967). Yawelmani phonology. Special technical report (No. 15); M.I.T. research monograph series (No. 43). Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Laboratory of Electronics. Kroeber, Alfred L. (1906). The Yokuts and Yuki languages. In B. Laufer & H. A. Andrews (Eds.), Boas anniversary volume (pp. 64–79). New York: G.E. Stechert & Co. (Reprinted as separate book 1906). Kroeber, Alfred L. (1906). The