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<10

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Language Information By Source

North America
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<10

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Ethnic Population

~2,500

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There are fewer than 10 speakers, all elderly and most speaking the South Band dialect, in a total tribal population of about 2,500.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Oklahoma

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Location description

Pawnee County in north-central Oklahoma

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Pawnee County in north-central Oklahoma

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Today no fluent speakers of either Pawnne dialect remain, although there are still individuals who know some of their heritage language.

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2008

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English

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

10

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Oklahoma

Coordinates

36.3372,-96.8032

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA, Oklahoma

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36.3372,-96.8032

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Critically Endangered

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20

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Ethnic Population

79

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More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from J. Parks (1997). A few years earlier the ethnic population was 2,500 (J. Parks 1997). Data for the ethnic population is from the 2000 census. 10 (Golla 2007) [2016].)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA, Oklahoma

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Location description

North central Oklahoma.

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North central Oklahoma.

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<10

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Year of info

2007

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USA, Oklahoma

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2005

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41.0,-98.6666666667

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