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A Wikchamni Dictionary

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Language Name

Tule-Kaweah.

Alternate Language Names

Wikchamni/Wukchumni, Yawdanchi/Nutaa, Bokninuwad.

Region

California, United States.

Who

Geoffrey Gamble (Compiler).

Others Involved

Cecile Silva, Mary Friedrichs, Virgina Aguilar, Susie Metcalf (Language Consultants); W. Flores (Support); Fresno State’s Department of Linguistics, Fresno State Library (Publishing); Linguistics Department at California State University at Fresno, the Survey for California and Other Indian Languages at the University of California at Berkeley, the Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institute (Funding).

Publishing Information

This online dictionary was launched in 2019 by Geoffrey Gamble. It is hosted by Fresno State Library, California State University, Fresno, California. As of mid 2024, the most recent update to the dictionary was in 2021.

How People are Cited

People are cited on the About page, below the Contributors heading. Speakers are marked in entries when they have provided extra information, and in stories they have told.

How Information is Cited

Speakers and previous works are cited on the About page: speakers by name below the heading Contributors and previous works below the heading References.

Where is Information Coming from

Information in this dictionary mainly comes from speakers during the author's fieldwork throughout the 1970s. Included information pertaining to the Yawelmani (Southern Valley Yokuts) and Chukchansi (Northern Valley Yokuts) languages comes from unpublished works by Stanley Newman and Sylvia Broadbent respectively, and well as Niken Adisasmito-Smith's Bilingual Dictionary English-Chuckchansi Chuckchansi-English (2016). All other previous publications used are listed on the About page below the References heading.

Tools and Framework used

This is an online multimedia dictionary that includes audio and images.

Access

This dictionary is open access.

Included Languages and Directionality

Tule-Kaweah to English; English to Tule-Kaweah. The search function works in both directions.

Dialects Included

This dictionary includes information from the Wukchumni/Wikchamni dialect as spoken in and around California's San Joaquin Valley by the Pohot family.

Type of Dictionary

This is an online, bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.

How are Entries Organised

Entries are organized alphabetically by Tule-Kaweah when browsing the dictionary under the Wikchamni tab. Entries include the Tule-Kaweah headword, the part of speech, and the English translation. Entries may also include related terms in either Yawelmani or Chukchansi, various tenses and forms for verb entries, variations of the headword, an audio recording, stories or cultural information from speakers related to the headword (usually both written and audio), photos, and morphological identification.

Entries are organized by English when browsing the dictionary under the English tab. Entries include the English headword and the Tule-Kaweah translation. The Tule-Kaweah translation is hyperlinked so that when a user clicks on it, they are redirected to the main entry in the Wikchamni section of the dictionary. No other information is included in these entries.

The dictionary has a search function which can be performed by searching in English or Tule-Kaweah. Words searched in English provide the English word first, followed by the Tule-Kaweah term which is hyperlinked and, when clicked on, takes users back to the main entry in the Wikchamni section of the dictionary. Words searched in Tule-Kaweah provide the main dictionary entry from the Wikchamni section of the dictionary.

There is a Categories section of the dictionary, and words can also be searched for by category. However, as of mid 2024, these section and feature are not functional.

There is also a description of Tule-Kaweah (including the sound system) on the Language page of the dictionary.

Other Features

Feature	Included	More Information
Guide to use and understand	✅	A detailed guide to the search function on the Searching page; no guide to entries
Audio	✅	Most entries
Images	✅	Occasional photos to display cultural or biological items
Example phrases	✅	Usually through stories and cultural information provided by speakers
Speakers marked	✅	Marked when providing extra information or stories
Dialects marked	❌	There is only one dialect included

External Links

The open access dictionary is hosted by Fresno State Library, and can be found here: http://wikchamnidictionary.library.fresnostate.edu/