Endangered Languages Project - Pawnee

Pawnee

^{[aka Grand Pawnee, Republican Pawnee,]}

Classification: Caddoan

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Grand Pawnee, Republican Pawnee
CLASSIFICATION		Caddoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		paw
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Skiri South Band
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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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

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~2,500
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are fewer than 10 speakers, all elderly and most speaking the South Band dialect, in a total tribal population of about 2,500.

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Pawnee County in north-central Oklahoma

Severely endangered

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

Severely endangered

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

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

Critically endangered

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

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
79
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from J. Parks (1997). A few years earlier the ethnic population was 2,500 (J. Parks 1997). Data for the ethnic population is from the 2000 census.
10 (Golla 2007) [2016].)

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North central Oklahoma.

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Today no fluent speakers of either Pawnne dialect remain, although there are still individuals who know some of their heritage language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

36.3372,-96.8032

COORDINATES

41.0,-98.6666666667

COORDINATES

36.3372,-96.8032

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO