Language Information by Source

Tonal Inversion in Geji and Pelu

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

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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Speakers

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Location and Context

Countries
USA, California
Location Description

The Poso Creek, Buena Vista, and Gashowu subgroups have been extinct since the 1930s. Wikchamni (locally referred to as ''Wukchumne") dialect of the Tule-Kaweah subgroup, most of them living on the Tule River Reservation near Porterville. Choynimni ("Choinumne") dialect of the Kings River subgroup live in scattered locations in and around their traditional homeland. At least three Valley Yokuts dialects, including Yawelmani ("Yowlumne") on the Tule River Reservation, Chukchansi at the Picayune and Table Mountain Rancherias in the foothills northeast of Fresno, and Tachi at the Santa Rosa Rancheria near Lemoore.

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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems

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Community Members