Noptinte

Noptinte, also recorded as Nupchinche, was one of the Yokuts groups of the northern San Joaquin Valley. Their language belonged to the Northern Valley branch of the Yokuts languages, spoken among communities of the valley and adjacent foothills. The San Joaquin and its tributaries crossed a land of marshes and grasslands, where Yokuts peoples fished and gathered plants as well as hunting. The river basin was home to many distinct communities, each with its own name and local territory.