Endangered Languages Project - Chiwere

Chiwere

^{[aka Oto, Iowa-Oto,]}

Classification: Siouan

·

awakening

ALSO KNOWN AS		Oto, Iowa-Oto
CLASSIFICATION		Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Chiwere-Winnebago
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		iow
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Otoe-Missouria Iowa (Baxoje) Missouri Otoe Iowa
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Chiwere dialects: Otoe-Missouria (Jiwere) is the dialect of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe. Iowa (Baxoje) is the dialect of the Iowa Tribe.

Compare Sources (5)

Information from: “Otoe-Missouria Language Department” . Campbell, Sky The Otoe-Missouri Tribe

Awakening
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Welcome to the official website of the Otoe-Missouria tribe’s Language Department. Our goal is to preserve and revitalize the Otoe-Missouria language."

Dormant
0?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,150
SEMI SPEAKERS
4
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Possibly extinct; Semi-speaker number (4) is also questionable; Chiwere dialects: Otoe-Missouria (Jiwere) is the dialect of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe. Iowa (Baxoje) is the dialect of the Iowa Tribe. The total Chiwere population is about 1,150, but in 1999 only four passive first-language speakers of the Otoe-Missouria dialect remained, none fluent.

DATE OF INFO: 1999

Awakening
Ethnic population
1,150
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Last fluent speakers of Iowa and Oto died in 1996 (1997 J. GoodTracks)." "Ethnic population: 1,150 (Golla 2007)."

DATE OF INFO: 1997, 2007

MORE ON VITALITY

"Language preservation activities taking place in Oklahoma."

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central Oklahoma

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
0
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,150
SEMI SPEAKERS
4

DATE OF INFO: 1999

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North-central Oklahoma

comments powered by Disqus

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

Compare Sources (1)

Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press