Yuki Grammar : With Sketches of Huchnom and Coast Yuki

The Yuki language, including Huchnom and Coast Yuki, was spoken in Mendocino County until relatively recently (the last speaker died in 1983). This grammar is based primarily on spoken narratives recorded by Alfred Kroeber between 1901-1911. While Yuki was extensively documented over the course of the twentieth century, there is relatively little in the way of actual published works on the language. Balodis discusses the language within the historical and cultural context of the people who spoke it. CONTENTS FIGURES TABLES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 3. MORPHOPHONEMIC ALTERNATIONS 4. WORD CLASSES 5. NOUNS 6. PRONOUNS 7. VERBS 8. ADJECTIVES 9. NUMERALS 10. QUANTIFIERS 11. ADVERBS 12. LOCATIVE TERMS 13. CONNECTIVES AND OTHER MINOR WORDS 14. SWITCH-REFERENCE AND CONNECTIVE ENCLITICS 15. CLAUSE STRUCTURE Appendix 1: Natural and Manmade Landmarks of the Northern Yukian Speech Area Appendix 2: Map of Northern Yukian Villages Appendix 3. Map of Yuki Tribal Subdivisions and Surrounding Languages Appendix 4. Map of the Language Families of California Appendix 5. Kroeber’s History of the Recording of Yuki Appendix 6. Terminology Describing the Natural World of the Coast Yuki Appendix 7. Northern Yukian Population Data Appendix 8. Map of Round Valley Indian Reservation in the 1920s Appendix 9. Photograph of Ralph Moore Appendix 10. Yuki Texts Bibliography