Kings River Yokuts

Kings River Yokuts
RegionSan Joaquin Valley, California
EthnicityYokuts people
Extinct2017 with the death of Hank Oliver
Yok-Utian ?
  • Yokuts
    • General Yokuts
      • Nim
        • Northern Yokuts
          • Kings River Yokuts
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Yokuts [yok])
Glottologking1260  Kings River
Historical distribution of Kings River Yokuts
Historical distribution of Kings River Yokuts dialects

Kings River was a dialect of the Yokutsan language of California.

Dialects

There were four dialects of Kings River, Chukaymina, Michahay, Ayitcha (a.k.a. Kocheyali), and Choynimni.

  • Kings River Yokuts, California Language Archive
  • Yokut tales
  • "Yokuts languages". Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. 2010.