Buena Vista Yokuts facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Buena Vista Yokuts
Region	San Joaquin Valley, California
Ethnicity	Yokuts people
Extinct	1930slinglist
Language family	Yok-Utian ? Yokuts Buena Vista Yokuts
Distribution of Buena Vista Yokuts

Buena Vista was a Yokuts dialect of California.

The dialect was "formerly spoken in at least two local varieties around Buena Vista Lake in Kern County, California," in the villages of Hometwoli, Loasau, Tuhohi, and Tulamni.

Dialects

Pronouns in Buena Vista Yokuts

Two documented dialects of Buena Vista were Tulamni and Hometwali. Tuhohi (also called Tohohai or Tuhohayi) was a similar dialect, spoken by a tribe who "lived among channels and sloughs of Kern River where they enter Tulare Lake."

A variety of the Barbareño language "was heavily influenced by Buena Vista Yokuts." This language was called Emigdiano, as it was "spoken at San Emigdio near Buena Vista Lake."