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>250

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Winnebago has over 250 fluent first-language speakers, divided between the Winnebago Tribe of northeastern Nebraska and the Ho-Chunk Nation of central Wisconsin. The number may be higher; 2,000 speakers were reported by reliable sources in 1980.

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2008

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USA, Wisconsin, Nebraska

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Winnebago Tribe of northeastern Nebraska and the Ho-Chunk Nation of central Wisconsin.

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Winnebago Tribe of northeastern Nebraska and the Ho-Chunk Nation of central Wisconsin.

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2010

Location and Context

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USA, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa

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44.2986,-90.8508

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2010

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USA, Wisconsin, Nebraska

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42.2475,-96.4722; 44.2986,-90.8508

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

230

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6,000

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Speaker number data: (2004). 230 reported in 1997 (V. Zeps 1997). Ethnic population: data: (V. Zeps 1995). 822 enrolled in Nebraska (1968 BIA 1968). (250 (Golla 2007) [2016.)

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2009

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USA, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa

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Central Wisconsin scattered; eastern Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation; in Iowa, south of Sioux City, east bank, Missouri River.

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Central Wisconsin scattered; eastern Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation; in Iowa, south of Sioux City, east bank, Missouri River.

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2007

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USA, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa

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There is an unpublished dictionary (Golla 2007:91)

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2005

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43.5,-88.5

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