OSA ISO 639-3
Osage
Wazhazhe ie Autonym
A language of United States
- ISO 639
- osa
- Alternate Names
- Wazhazhe
- Autonym
- Wazhazhe ie
- Population
- No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. The last L1 speaker, Lucille Roubedeaux, died in 2005. Ethnic population: 11,000 (Golla 2007).
- Location:
- Oklahoma: north central.
- Language Status
- 9 (Reawakening). Language of registered tribe: The Osage Nation.
- Classification
- Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Dhegihan
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Omaha [oma], Ponca [oma], Quapaw [qua], and Kansa [ksk].
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Revitalization program since the 1970s (Golla 2007) The Osage Language Program was created in 2003, and its website has both audio and video learning materials. Geoffrey Standing Bear, the Osage Nation Chief, announced early in 2015 that he would make Osage language immersion a priority.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Osage
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn]. Osage script [Osge].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oklahoma: north central.
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