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Gashowu Yokuts

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Gashowu Yokuts
Native toCalifornia
RegionSan Joaquin Valley
EthnicityCasson
Eraattested 1931
Yok-Utian?
  • Yokuts
    • General Yokuts
      • Nim
        • Northern Yokuts
          • Gashowu Yokuts
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Yokuts yok)
yok-gas
Glottologgash1251  Gashowu
Historical distribution of Gashowu

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

Classification

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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

ʔamaˑmaw šeleˑlaw šetʰna maˑxiˑni wilši halaˑxin wilši.

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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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