Wichita language
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The Wichita language is an extinct Caddoan language once spoken by the Wichita and affiliated tribes of the Southern Plains in the United States.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caddoan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alignment | nominative–accusative ⓘ |
| associatedTribe | Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | traditional ceremonial language of the Wichita people ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
David S. Rood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R. L. Hoijer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Tawakoni people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waco people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wichita people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | language shift to English ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kirikirʔi:s language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wichita-Tawakoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Tawakoni dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waco dialect ⓘ Wichita dialect ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
audio recordings
ⓘ
grammatical descriptions ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | wich1260 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | wic ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
head-marking language
ⓘ
verb-heavy morphology ⓘ |
| hasObjectAgreement | yes ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | predictable stress system ⓘ |
| hasSubjectAgreement | yes ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Oklahoma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Northern Caddoan branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Caddoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRevitalizationEffort | Wichita and Affiliated Tribes language programs ⓘ |
| languageStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| lastKnownFluentSpeaker | Doris McLemore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastSpeakerDied | 2016 ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Southern Plains linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Caddo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Comanche language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiowa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawnee language ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
small vowel inventory ⓘ |
| region | Southern Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Wichita and Affiliated Tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordOrder | verb–initial ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.