Gashowu Yokuts

Gashowu Yokuts
Native to	California
Region	San Joaquin Valley
Ethnicity	Casson
Era	attested 1931
Language family	Yok-Utian? Yokuts General Yokuts Nim Northern Yokuts Gashowu Yokuts
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included in Yokuts yok)
Linguist List	yok-gas
Glottolog	gash1251   Gashowu
Historical distribution of Gashowu

Gashowu was a dialect of the Yokuts language of California, spoken by the Casson.

Classification

Gashowu occupies a transitional position within the Yokuts languages between the valley and foothill languages. ^[1]

Sample text

^[1]

ʔamaˑmaw

there

šeleˑlaw

to the rock

šetʰna

wild onion

maˑxiˑni

get

wilši

she says

halaˑxin

climb

wilši.

she says

ʔamaˑmaw šeleˑlaw šetʰna maˑxiˑni wilši halaˑxin wilši.

there {to the rock} {wild onion} get {she says} climb {she says}

See also

• Casson
• Yokutsan languages

References

1. Gamble, Geoffrey, ed. (1994). Yokuts texts. Native American texts series. Berlin ; New York: Mouton de Gruyter. p. 31. doi:10.1515/9783110871418. ISBN   978-3-11-012955-7.

External links

• Gashowu, California Language Archive (Archived 2018-03-18 at the Wayback Machine )
• Gashowu (Casson) Yokut tales
• Yokuts Languages, Comparison of sounds in Gashowu and other Yokutsan languages
• "Yokuts languages". Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. 2010.