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Revitalization Programs

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Language Information By Source

Personal communication on Miami-Illinois from the Myaamia Center
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Awakening

Native Speakers Worldwide

No first-language (L1) speakers

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

100

Semi-speakers

100

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

5700

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

"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."

Year of info

2020

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

"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"

Government support

Yes, tribal government

Institutional support

Yes, through the Miami Tribe's partnership with Miami University, known as the Myaamia Center

Speakers’s attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Roman

Other writing systems

"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"

More on writing systems

None

Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

All

More on context

No data

Awakening

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

"A Miami language scholar has acquired L2 fluency and his 2 youngest children are acquiring it as L1."

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

2,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

"No fluent L1 speakers since 1962 (Golla 2007)."

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

No data

Location description

"Miami dialect: north central Indiana; Miami and Peoria dialects: northeast Oklahoma."

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

"Miami dialect: north central Indiana; Miami and Peoria dialects: northeast Oklahoma."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Awakening

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Illinois and northern Indiana

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Illinois and northern Indiana

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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.

Dormant

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

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.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

36.874400, -94.877200; 40.753600, -86.068900;

Location description

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).

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

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).

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Awakening

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

"No fluent L1 speakers."

Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Oklahoma, Indiana

Government support

No data

Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Oklahoma, Indiana

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

40.0,-90.0

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Media Resources

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  1. 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
    2012. "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."
  2. North America
    Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.
  3. North America
    Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
  4. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  5. Personal Communication: Myaamia Language Locations
    Myaamia Center. 2013. "Personal Communication: Myaamia Language Locations." Online: http://myaamiacenter.org/.
    http://myaamiacenter.org/
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    2013. "The Myaamia Center." Online: http://myaamiacenter.org/?page_id=81.
    http://myaamiacenter.org/?page_id=81
  7. The Miami-Illinois Language
    Costa, David J. 2003. "The Miami-Illinois Language." Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
  8. The Wea Interpreter: a Compilation of the Vocabulary Words
    White, John K. and Ellanor P. White. 1990. "The Wea Interpreter: a Compilation of the Vocabulary Words." Ancient Lifeways Institute.
  9. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition
    Lewis, 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