Kitsai language
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The Kitsai language is an extinct Caddoan language once spoken by the Kichai people of present-day Texas and Oklahoma.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caddoan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language of North America ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kichai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kichai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitsai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeopleCurrentLocation | Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Red River region ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Plains region of North America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Arikara language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pawnee language ⓘ Wichita language ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAssociation | Kichai traditional culture ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| endonymUsedBySpeakers | Kichai (various spellings) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kichai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | no known native speakers remain ⓘ |
| glottocode | kits1239 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Kitsai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDescendantLanguage | none (no known daughter languages) ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | yes ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | kii ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
noun incorporation ⓘ rich pronominal system ⓘ |
| hasPhylum | American indigenous languages ⓘ |
| historicalEraOfUse | pre-contact period to 19th–20th centuries ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory |
present-day Oklahoma
ⓘ
present-day Texas ⓘ |
| ISO6393ReferenceName | Kitsai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Caddoan ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentStatusBeforeExtinction | severely endangered ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Caddoan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| partOf | Caddoan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Oklahoma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kichai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInThePastBy | Kichai tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subjectObjectVerbOrder | SOV (tendency) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication (historically)
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual and ceremonial speech ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
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