Kansa language

E86287
Native American language Siouan language endangered language

Kansa language is a nearly extinct Siouan language traditionally spoken by the Kaw (Kansa) people of the central United States.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kansa language canonical 15

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language ⓘ
Siouan language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternativeName Kaw language ⓘ
Káⁿza ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Kaw Nation ⓘ
surface form: Kaw Nation of Oklahoma
associatedWithUSStateName Kansas ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Omaha–Ponca language ⓘ
Osage language ⓘ
Quapaw language ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance identity marker for Kaw people ⓘ
documentationType audio recordings ⓘ
grammatical sketches ⓘ
wordlists ⓘ
endangermentCause language shift to English ⓘ
ethnicPopulation Kaw Nation ⓘ
hasAncestor Siouan languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Siouan
hasGlottocode kans1242 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code ksk ⓘ
historicalRegion Kansas ⓘ
Missouri River floodplain ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River valley
isPartOf Dhegihan languages ⓘ
languageBranch Otoe ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River Siouan
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
linguisticClassification Siouan > Western Siouan > Dhegiha ⓘ
macroArea North America ⓘ
morphologyType polysynthetic language ⓘ
phonologicalFeature nasal vowels ⓘ
primaryReplacementLanguage English ⓘ
region central United States ⓘ
revitalizationEffort Kaw Nation language programs ⓘ
spokenBy Kaw people ⓘ
surface form: Kansa people

Kaw people ⓘ
status nearly extinct ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Dhegihan branch ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
usedByGovernment no official status ⓘ
usedIn traditional Kaw ceremonies ⓘ
wordOrder SOV ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaw → language → Kansa language ⓘ
Kaw Nation → languageTraditionallySpoken → Kansa language ⓘ
Siouan languages → majorLanguage → Kansa language ⓘ
Kąⁿza → relatedTo → Kansa language ⓘ
Kansa → speaks → Kansa language ⓘ
Kaw people → language → Kansa language ⓘ
Omaha–Ponca language → closelyRelatedTo → Kansa language ⓘ
Osage language → closelyRelatedTo → Kansa language ⓘ
Quapaw language → closelyRelatedTo → Kansa language ⓘ
Winnebago language → closelyRelatedTo → Kansa language ⓘ
Kaw language → alternativeName → Kansa language ⓘ
Káⁿza → endonymFor → Kansa language ⓘ
Dhegihan branch → hasMember → Kansa language ⓘ
Dhegihan branch → closelyRelatedTo → Kansa language ⓘ
Dhegihan languages → hasMember → Kansa language ⓘ