Only a dozen elders can still speak the Yowlumni language, Christina Jaquez says.
Jaquez, a member of the Tule River Tribe of California, is hoping to change that. She teaches pre-school children the language at the tribe's day care center.
Jaquez says the youngest fluent speakers of the language are in their 70s.
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Preserving a native tongue
(The Porterville Recorder 5/18)
Woman on mission to preserve Yowlumni language
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
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