Also Known As:
Witchita
Dialects & Varieties
- Waco
- Tawakoni
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
1,400
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
USA, Oklahoma
Location Description
West central Oklahoma, Caddo county, Anadarko.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
A brief detailed description of the Wichita language, including phonology, verbal morphology, and s
August 30, 2016 article on ABC 7 News by Rhiannon Poolaw about the passing of the last speaker of Wi