Kansa language

Kansa
Kansa
Káⁿza
Native to	United States
Region	Kansas, Oklahoma
Ethnicity	1,700 Kaw (2007)
Extinct	June 1982, with the death of Ralph Pepper
Revival	approximately a dozen claim knowledge of the language (2007)
Language family	Siouan Western Siouan Mississippi Valley Dhegiha Kansa–Osage Kansa; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ksk
Linguist List	qlc Kansa-Osage
Glottolog	kans1243
ELP	Kanza

Kansa is a Siouan language of the Dhegihan group once spoken by the Kaw people of Oklahoma. Vice President Charles Curtis spoke Kansa as a child. The last mother-tongue speaker, Ralph Pepper, died in June 1982.

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