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VOCAB
who wuth
why ha•wil•mee
where he•lew
when how•loaw
wet tro•gon•no
me nah
you mah
mine
There is vowel harmony in this language.
This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni lan
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
45 speakers and semispeakers?
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Caron, Bernard. 2011. Tonal Inversion in Geji and Pelu. Presentation at the Sixth Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, Villejuif, France, September 22-23
Bibliography of Locations:
Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
Bibliography of Context:
Caron, Bernard. 2011. Tonal Inversion in Geji and Pelu. Presentation at the Sixth Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, Villejuif, France, September 22-23