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<85

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Most of the speakers of the Omaha dialect live in Macy and Walthill in rural southeastern Nebraska. There are fewer than 50 fluent first language speakers, the youngest about 60, and a larger number of semi-speakers and second-language learners. The Ponca dialect is spoken by about 35 elderly people in the Red Rock area of south central Oklahoma.

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2008

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USA, Nebraska, Oklahoma

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50

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2010

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USA, Nebraska, Oklahoma

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42.0817,-96.4855

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2010

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Critically Endangered

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85

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85 (1986 SIL). 60 Omaha speakers (1993 V. Zeps): 25 fluent speakers over 60; a few semifluent speakers of Ponca. Omaha Journal Star (Aug 25, 2004) reported 70. Ethnic population: 365 Omaha and 163 Ponca (2000 US census). (Unchanged 2016.)

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2009

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USA, Nebraska, Oklahoma

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East Nebraska (Omaha), Omaha Reservation, north central Oklahoma (Ponca). Omaha dialect: southeastern Nebraska, Macy and Walthill; in Iowa, south of Sioux City, east bank, Missouri river; Ponca dialect: south central Oklahoma, Red Rock area.

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East Nebraska (Omaha), Omaha Reservation, north central Oklahoma (Ponca). Omaha dialect: southeastern Nebraska, Macy and Walthill; in Iowa, south of Sioux City, east bank, Missouri river; Ponca dialect: south central Oklahoma, Red Rock area.

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2007

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2005

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42.0,-97.25

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