Kickapoo

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Kansas: Horton northeast; Oklahoma: Jones and McCloud; Texas: Nuevo Nacimiento.

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Mexico

Language NameKickapoo

User Population

63 in Mexico (2020 INEGI).

Location

Coahuila de Zaragoza state: Nacimiento de Kikapú, 40 km northeast of Muzquiz.

Alternate Names

Kicapoux, Kicapus, Kikabeeux, Kikapaux, Kikapú, Quicapause

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 1% in Spanish [spa], 45% in English [eng].

Other Comments

Most spend part of the year working in the United States.