Wichita language
Wichita is an extinct Caddoan language once spoken in Oklahoma by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. The last fluent heritage speaker, Doris Lamar-McLemore, died in 2016, although in 2007 there were three first-language speakers alive. This has rendered Wichita functionally extinct; however, the tribe offers classes to revitalize the language and works in partnership with the Wichita Documentation Project of the University of Colorado, Boulder.
| Wichita | |
|---|---|
| Kirikirʔi:s | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | West-central Oklahoma |
| Ethnicity | 2,100 Wichita people (2007) |
| Extinct | 30 August 2016 with the death of Doris McLemore. |
Caddoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wic |
| Glottolog | wich1260 |
| ELP | Wichita |
| Linguasphere | 64-BAC > 64-BAC-a |
Distribution of Native American languages in Oklahoma | |
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