Wichita

A language of United States

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Doris Jean Lamar-McLemore, died in 2016 (2016 R. Poolaw). Ethnic population: 2,100 (Golla 2007).

Oklahoma: Caddo county, Anadarko.

9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita; Keechi; Waco; Tawakonie).

Waco, Tawakoni. Reportedly similar to Kitsai [kii] and Pawnee [paw].

Shifted to English [eng].

Grammar. Extensive efforts to document and preserve the language by Wichita Documentation Project (Golla 2007).