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Wyandottes have no fluency inside or outside of Oklahoma<BR>
while Cayuga's here are fortunate to have 6-nation speakers <BR>
who visit and offer language aide.<BR>
A good Cayuga brother of mine told an Onondaga elder<BR>
he was sad that certain parts of language and culture were lost <BR>
She corrected him: <BR>
"they are not lost ...only forgotten"<BR>
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--RZS--<BR>
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On 7/16/08 9:59 AM, "phil cash cash" <cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>The 2007 Cultural Survival issue is devoted entirely to language endangerement & revitalization (though old news by now), so it is a good read and well worth the effort to find a copy. <BR>
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It is mentioned that Seneca and Wyandotte have fluent speakers "outside" of Oklahoma but not in...(but now we all know otherwise).<BR>
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You are right in that spoken language in ceremonial settings seems to fly under the radar when considering language acquisition, maintainance, or revitalization. Certainly, a good case can be made for language acquisition in ritual/religious settings. In many instances, this area of language use may be the ONLY place where a current endangered language is spoken. <BR>
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l8ter, <BR>
Phil Cash Cash<BR>
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Quoting Richard Smith <rzs@wildblue.net>:<BR>
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> Phil,<BR>
> "-still spoken-" hmmm<BR>
> I think this list below may refer only to fluent speakers.<BR>
> I attend and participate in traditional ceremonies and prayers of Wyandot<BR>
> and Seneca/Cayuga where the language is spoken.<BR>
> During ceremony one might actually be immersed in hours of<BR>
> our Iroquoian languages "still spoken"<BR>
> Ceremonies themselves have preserved language, dance, and song<BR>
> Not even to mention our annual Wyandotte language classes where children<BR>
> are speaking and singing the language in the public school<BR>
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> (yet neither Wyandot(te) nor Seneca/Cayuga are on the list)<BR>
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> I know Ardina Moore and she is the last fluent speaker of Quapaw<BR>
> She may be the only Osage speaker on that list as well (a sister language)<BR>
> but she has MANY students who are Quapaw tribal members.<BR>
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> "still spoken"<BR>
> to me those kind of lists start sounding like "how many Indians are left?"<BR>
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> Richard Zane Smith<BR>
> Wyandotte Oklahoma<BR>
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> On 7/15/08 11:15 PM, "phil cash cash" <cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:<BR>
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>> Hey, did you know that there are 23 languages still spoken in Oklahoma? At<BR>
>> least 14 additional languages are longer spoken.<BR>
>><BR>
>> Language (Lang. Family), Max. No. of Speakers<BR>
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>> Caddo (Caddoan), 20<BR>
>> Cherokee (Iroquoian), 9,000<BR>
>> Cheyenne (Algonkian), 400<BR>
>> Chickasaw (Muskogean), 600<BR>
>> Chiricahua Apache (Na-Dene), 1<BR>
>> Choctaw (Muskogean), 4,000<BR>
>> Comanche (Uto-Aztecan), 100<BR>
>> Yuchi (Isolate), 7<BR>
>> Iowa (Siouan), 30<BR>
>> Kickapoo (Algonkian), 400<BR>
>> Kiowa (Tanoan), 400<BR>
>> Muskogee: Creek and Seminole (Muskogean), 6,000<BR>
>> Osage (Siouan), 1<BR>
>> Otoe (Siouan), 3<BR>
>> Ottawa (Algonkian), 3<BR>
>> Pawnee (Caddoan), 7<BR>
>> Plains Apache (Na-Dene), 3<BR>
>> Ponca (Siouan), 33<BR>
>> Potawatomi (Algonkian), 20<BR>
>> Quapaw (Siouan), 1<BR>
>> Sauk (Algonkian), 7<BR>
>> Shawnee (Algonkian), 200<BR>
>> Wichita (Caddoan), 5<BR>
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>> Source: Cultural Survival 2007, Vol. 31:2 (citing Wordpath 2006 <BR>
>> est.). If you<BR>
>> know speaker numbers and current conditions please let us know!<BR>
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>> Phil Cash Cash<BR>
>> UofA<BR>
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