Gashowu Yokuts

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

Last updated January 16, 2025

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

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ʔamaˑmaw

there

šeleˑlaw

to the rock

šetʰna

wild onion

maˑxiˑni

get

wilši

she says

halaˑxin

climb

wilši.

she says

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References

1 2 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.

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[:0-1] 1 2 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.

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