[2] It was spoken in at least two local varieties around Buena Vista Lake in Kern County, California,"[1] in the villages of Hometwoli, Loasau, Tuhohi, and Tulamni.

[3] Two documented dialects of Buena Vista were Tulamni and Hometwali.

[4] 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.

"[5] 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.