Languages spoken in Oklahoma

[phil cash cash]

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. 
It is mentioned that Seneca and Wyandotte have fluent speakers "outside" of
Oklahoma but not in...(but now we all know otherwise).
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. 
l8ter,
Phil Cash Cash
Quoting Richard Smith :

> Phil,
> "-still spoken-" hmmm
> I think this list below may refer only to fluent speakers.
> I attend and participate in traditional ceremonies and prayers of Wyandot
> and Seneca/Cayuga where the language is spoken.
> During ceremony one might actually be immersed in hours of
> our Iroquoian languages "still spoken"
> Ceremonies themselves have preserved language, dance, and song
> Not even to mention our annual Wyandotte language classes where children
> are speaking and singing the language in the public school
>
> (yet neither Wyandot(te) nor Seneca/Cayuga are on the list)
>
> I know Ardina Moore  and she is the last fluent speaker of Quapaw
> She may be the only Osage speaker on that list as well (a sister language)
> but she has MANY students who are Quapaw tribal members.
>
> "still spoken"
> to me those kind of lists start sounding like   "how many Indians are left?"
>
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte Oklahoma
>
>
>
> On 7/15/08 11:15 PM, "phil cash cash"  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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