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Hometwoli (also known as Humetwadi) was a dialect of Buena Vista Yokuts spoken in the southern portion of the Tulare Basin of California near Kern Lake.

Out of the group of Yokuts dialects designated by Kroeber as "Foothill Yokuts," Hometwoli was reportedly the most divergent.

Name

Hometwoli means "Southerners" and is a variant of the term "Homtinin," used by multiple Yokuts peoples to refer to their southern neighbors.

Phonology

Hometwoli is the only dialect of Buena Vista Yokuts with central vowel phonemes.

Counting system

Hometwoli varies from other Yokutsan languages in its word for "six," which derives from the same word stem in all other dialects. The Hometwoli word for "six" shows similarities with the word for "nine" in other Yokutsan dialects and may suggest the presence of a base six system.

References

1. Golla, Victor (2011). California Indian languages. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4.
2. Kroeber, A. L. (1963). "YOKUTS DIALECT SURVEY" (PDF). Anthropological Records. 11.
3. Kroeber, A. L. (1963). "Yokuts Dialect Survey" (PDF). Anthropological Records. 11.
4. Kroeber, Alfred Louis (1976-01-01). Handbook of the Indians of California. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486233680.
5. Whistler, Kenneth W.; Golla, Victor (1986). "Proto-Yokuts Reconsidered". International Journal of American Linguistics. 52 (4): 317–358. doi:10.1086/466028. ISSN 0020-7071. JSTOR 1265536. S2CID 144822697.
6. Klar, Kathryn A.; Beeler, Madison S. (1977-12-01). "Interior Chumash". The Journal of California Anthropology. 4 (2).

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Languages and sub-tribes	Yokuts language Proto-Yokuts Yok-Utian languages Buena Vista Yokuts Chukchansi dialect Delta Yokuts Gashowu Yokuts Hometwoli dialect Kings River Yokuts Northern Valley Yokuts Palewyami Yokuts Southern Valley Yokuts Tulamni Tule-Kaweah Yokuts Valley Yokuts Yawdanchi dialect
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