SSIL

[David Lewis]

Klahowya Tillicums,
the SSIL site is very good but some of their info is severely outdated.
Please be aware and critical of this in anything you read on their site.
For example their information on Kalapuya is thus,


  KALAPUYA: a language of USA
  <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=USA>

SIL code:       KAL
ISO 639-2:      nai <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_iso639.asp?code=nai>


/Population/    1 or 2 speakers (1962 Chafe).
/Region/        Northwest Oregon.
/Alternate names  /     SANTIAM, LUKAMIUTE, WAPATU
/Classification/        Penutian, Oregon Penutian, Kalapuyan.
<http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=KAL>
/Comments/      Bilingualism in English. All over 50 years old (1962).
Nearly extinct.


The last speaker of Kalapuya died in the late 50s, he was probably John
Hudson Jr., Santiam Kalapuya  of Grand Ronde Reservation, my great great
grandfather. I have not heard that any other speakers lived past him and
everywhere else Kalapuya is considered extinct. So their info is 50
years out of date. Therefore, I would be suspicious of any of their
content. Consult Scott DeLancy's linguistics webpage for the most
current info., or call the Grand Ronde tribe.
David


Andre Cramblit wrote:

> You might find the following website of interest: http://www.ssila.org/
> Here is a sample of what the site contains:
> MANDAN
>
> [MHQ] 6 fluent speakers (1992 M. Krauss) out of 400 population (1986
> SIL).  Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Classification: Siouan,
> Siouan Proper, Central, Mandan.  Nearly extinct.
> <http://www.ethnologue.com/nearly_extinct.asp>
> More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MHQ>
>
> MARICOPA
>
> [MRC] 181 speakers (1990 census), out of 400 population (1977
> SIL).  Associated with the Pima on the Gila River and Salt River
> reservations near Phoenix, Arizona. Alternate names: COCOMARICOPA.
> Classification: Hokan, Esselen-Yuman, Yuman, River Yuman.
> More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MRC>
>
> MENOMINI
>
> [MEZ] 39 first language speakers, 26 second language speakers, 15 others
> ages 30 to 50, who have learned Menominee in order to teach it, and 50
> ages 20 and above who have learned it to understand it (1997 Menominee
> Historic Preservation Office), out of 3,500 population (1977
> SIL).  Northeastern Wisconsin, on what was formerly the Menomini
> Reservation. Alternate names: MENOMINEE.  Classification: Algic,
> Algonquian, Central.  Nearly extinct.
> <http://www.ethnologue.com/nearly_extinct.asp>
> More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MEZ>
>
> MESQUAKIE
>
> [SAC] 800 speakers out of 2,500 population (1977 SIL). 673 Fox speakers,
> including 2 monolinguals (1990 census).  Mesquakie at Tama, Iowa; Sac
> and Fox at Sac and Fox Reservation on eastern Kansas-Nebraska border and
> central Oklahoma. Alternate names: SAC AND FOX, SAUK-FOX.  Dialects:
> FOX, SAC, MESQUAKIE.  Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Central.
> More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=SAC>
>
> MICHIF
>
> [CRG] 390 speakers in USA (1990 census). Population total both countries
> 390 or more.  Alternate names: FRENCH CREE, MITCHIF.  Classification:
> Mixed Language, French-Cree.
> More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=CRG>
>
> MICMAC
>
> [MIC] 1,200 in the USA, including 200 in Maine, and 1,000 largely in
> Boston.  Northern Maine near Fort Fairfield, Boston, Massachusetts, and
> small scattered places elsewhere in the USA. Alternate names: MI'GMAW,
> MIIGMAO, MI'KMAW, RESTIGOUCHE.  Classification: Algic, Algonquian,
> Eastern.
> More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MIC>
>
> MIKASUKI
>
> [MIK] 496 speakers including 33 monolinguals (1990 census), out of 1,200
> population (1977 SIL).  Southern Florida. Alternate names: HITCHITI,
> MIKASUKI SEMINOLE, MICCOSUKEE.  Dialects: HITCHITI, MIKASUKI.
> Classification: Muskogean, Eastern
>
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