Languages spoken in Oklahoma

[Bernadette Santamaria]

Phil:

Chiricahua Apache & "Plains" Apache are Southern Athabaskan family
languages, one of the branches of the Na-Dene which is one of the six or so
world language categories.  Just letting you know in case some students
might get this wrong.

Bernadette A. SantaMaria
White Mountain Apache

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:15 PM, phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>
wrote:

> Hey, did you know that there are 23 languages still spoken in Oklahoma?  At
> least 14 additional languages are longer spoken.
>
> Language (Lang. Family), Max. No. of Speakers
>
> Caddo (Caddoan), 20
> Cherokee (Iroquoian), 9,000
> Cheyenne (Algonkian), 400
> Chickasaw (Muskogean), 600
> Chiricahua Apache (Na-Dene), 1
> Choctaw (Muskogean), 4,000
> Comanche (Uto-Aztecan), 100
> Yuchi (Isolate), 7
> Iowa (Siouan), 30
> Kickapoo (Algonkian), 400
> Kiowa (Tanoan), 400
> Muskogee: Creek and Seminole (Muskogean), 6,000
> Osage (Siouan), 1
> Otoe (Siouan), 3
> Ottawa (Algonkian), 3
> Pawnee (Caddoan), 7
> Plains Apache (Na-Dene), 3
> Ponca (Siouan), 33
> Potawatomi (Algonkian), 20
> Quapaw (Siouan), 1
> Sauk (Algonkian), 7
> Shawnee (Algonkian), 200
> Wichita (Caddoan), 5
>
> Source: Cultural Survival 2007, Vol. 31:2 (citing Wordpath 2006 est.).  If
> you
> know speaker numbers and current conditions please let us know!
>
> Phil Cash Cash
> UofA
>
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