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CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		com
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"Ten years ago, the Lawton-based Comanche Nation had an estimated 100 speakers. It’s not known how many speakers are left in the 15,000-strong tribe today, but Cable-Kreger said she can count fluent speakers she knows on one hand." http://newsok.com/saving-the-comanche-language/article/4875448. (2014). "Today, about a dozen generations after its prime, the language endures only through a handful of native speakers - as few as 25 out of the Comanche Nation's approximately 15,000 registered members - but they are dying off and taking the legacy with them. 'It's definitely going extinct in the sense that what we're losing is intergenerational transmission of the language," Williams said. "In other words, kids aren't learning it.'" http://lubbockonline.com/stories/121809/loc_536884399.shtml (2009).

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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
8,500
ELDERS
All speakers all older than 50.
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Before the 18th century the ancestors of the Comanches were Shoshoni speakers in what is now Wyoming, but the Comanche dialect became quite distinct after the groups separated, and they are now mutually intelligible only with difficulty. All speakers all older than 50.

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwestern Oklahoma, north of Lawton.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
8,500

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Courses in Comanche have been taught through the University of Oklahoma.

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwestern Oklahoma, north of Lawton

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
10,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number decreasing.

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Courses in Comanche have been taught at University of Oklahoma.

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Western Oklahoma.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA; Oklahoma

PLACES: Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Western Oklahoma.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
8500
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
100 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 8500 (Golla 2007).

DATE OF INFO: 2007

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Speakers 50 and older.

PLACES: USA: Oklahoma

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Western Oklahoma.

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.															USA; Oklahoma		33.5,-101.5
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	10,000	200	2000	100-999	Speaker number decreasing.		English	Courses in Comanche have been taught at University of Oklahoma.	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA; Oklahoma	Western Oklahoma.
			2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		8500	100	2007	10-99	100 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 8500 (Golla 2007).				Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	Speakers 50 and older.	15	Western Oklahoma.	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		100		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							34.6086,-98.3904
			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.		8,500	<100		10-99	Before the 18th century the ancestors of the Comanches were Shoshoni speakers in what is now Wyoming, but the Comanche dialect became quite distinct after the groups separated, and they are now mutually intelligible only with difficulty. All speakers all older than 50.	All speakers all older than 50.			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA; Oklahoma	Southwestern Oklahoma, north of Lawton.
		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.															Oklahoma	Western Oklahoma.	34.6086,-98.3904
				World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			200		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages					Routledge	Abingdon		Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	8,500	<100		10-99				Courses in Comanche have been taught through the University of Oklahoma.	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA; Oklahoma	Southwestern Oklahoma, north of Lawton

Comanche

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

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Comanche

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

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