Miami-Illinois
Myaamia; Miami; Illinois; Miami-Myaamia; Peoria; Piankishaw; Miami Cluster; Wea
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"The number of speakers is difficult to track, due to our language revitalization efforts that have spread the language beyond a core group, and no census having been done."
2020
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"The community is a diasporic community spread across the United States. As a result, the language is spoken in many different areas, however the known hot spots for high language use are Indiana, Ohio and Oklahoma"
Yes, tribal government
Yes, through the Miami Tribe's partnership with Miami University, known as the Myaamia Center
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"The community is a diasporic community spread across the United States. As a result, the language is spoken in many different areas, however the known hot spots for high language use are Indiana, Ohio and Oklahoma"
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"A Miami language scholar has acquired L2 fluency and his 2 youngest children are acquiring it as L1."
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"No fluent L1 speakers since 1962 (Golla 2007)."
2015
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"Miami dialect: north central Indiana; Miami and Peoria dialects: northeast Oklahoma."
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"Miami dialect: north central Indiana; Miami and Peoria dialects: northeast Oklahoma."
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Was extinct, but well documented. A tribal scholar studied documentation, became a fluent second language speaker, and is raising his two children to speak the language.
2007
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Illinois and northern Indiana
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Miami University of Ohio has established an institute for the study of Miami culture and language, and courses in Miami have been offered there and at the Woodland Indian Cultural Center at Prophetstown, Indiana.
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No known L1 speakers. Speakers of at least some varieties survived into the 20th century, but there have been no fluent first-language speakers since 1962.
2008
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2013
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36.874400, -94.877200; 40.753600, -86.068900;
There are two groups whose members are involved in Myaamia language revitalization: the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (Miami, Oklahoma) and the Miami Nation of Indiana (Peru, Indiana).
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There are two groups whose members are involved in Myaamia language revitalization: the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (Miami, Oklahoma) and the Miami Nation of Indiana (Peru, Indiana).
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"No fluent L1 speakers."
2013
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2005
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Personal Communication: Myaamia Language LocationsMyaamia Center. 2013. "Personal Communication: Myaamia Language Locations." Online: http://myaamiacenter.org/.http://myaamiacenter.org/
- The Myaamia Center2013. "The Myaamia Center." Online: http://myaamiacenter.org/?page_id=81.http://myaamiacenter.org/?page_id=81
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th EditionLewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.http://www.ethnologue.com
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