KII ISO 639-3
Kitsai
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- kii
- Alternate Names
- Kichai
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. The last speaker died in 1940 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 2,000 (1997 S. DeLancey).
- Location:
- Oklahoma: Caddo county, among Caddo [cad] language speakers.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita; Keechi; Waco; Tawakonie).
- Classification
- Caddoan, Northern Caddoan, Kitsai-Proto-Pawnee
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly more similar to Pawnee [paw] than to Wichita [wic].
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Texts.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oklahoma: Caddo county, among Caddo [cad] language speakers.
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