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ALSO KNOWN AS		Wazhazhe ie,
CLASSIFICATION		Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dhegihan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		osa
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Information from: “Language Department” . The Osage Nation

Awakening
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"Due to the efforts of our previous tribal council and new Constitutional government, we are on the road to preservation and revitalization. In the fall of 2003, the council created the Osage Language Program and hired Mongrain Lookout as the director.

Their efforts have proven successful. We currently have five advanced student who have made tremendous progress toward fluency and approximately 300 currently enrolled in the tribal program classes."

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"We will continue to make an aggressive effort to revitalize the Osage language. Because of what we have experienced so far, we know that it can be done."

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
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Extinct 2005, with the death of Lucille Roubedeaux.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Oklahoma

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
are a number of semi-speakers and second language speakers.
ELDERS
all over 65

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Oklahoma

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Northeastern corner of Oklahoma, around Pawhuska

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Oklahoma

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
11,000
SEMI SPEAKERS
many
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(Golla 2007.)
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North central Oklahoma.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Oklahoma

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																		37.0,-94.0
			Language Department					Pawhuska	https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-we-are/language-department	The Osage Nation						Awakening	"Due to the efforts of our previous tribal council and new Constitutional government, we are on the road to preservation and revitalization. In the fall of 2003, the council created the Osage Language Program and hired Mongrain Lookout as the director. Their efforts have proven successful. We currently have five advanced student who have made tremendous progress toward fluency and approximately 300 currently enrolled in the tribal program classes."					Awakening ()		"We will continue to make an aggressive effort to revitalize the Osage language. Because of what we have experienced so far, we know that it can be done."
			Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia						http://www.wikipedia.org/		Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. http://www.wikipedia.org/.	ll_pub		0			Extinct 2005, with the death of Lucille Roubedeaux.				English	Dormant ()					USA	Oklahoma
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		10		10-99						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA	Oklahoma	36.6683,-96.3316
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher	Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.			<10		1-9		are a number of semi-speakers and second language speakers.	all over 65		English	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15	Northeastern corner of Oklahoma, around Pawhuska	USA	Oklahoma
	2nd edition	2010	Endangered Languages of the United States	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing	108-130	Christopher Moseley	UNESCO	Paris		Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell	Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.																USA	Oklahoma	36.6683,-96.3316
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			5		1-9						Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		11,000	10	2007	1-9	(Golla 2007.) (Unchanged 2016.)	many		many		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA	North central Oklahoma.

Osage

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Awakening

Dormant

0

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Discussion

Osage

Language metadata

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Awakening

Dormant

0

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

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