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"Doctoral Dissertation Research: Speaking Kiowa Today" NSF DEL Abstract
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Critically Endangered

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<100

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Spoken in Oklahoma by fewer than 100, mostly elderly, speakers.

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2011

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USA, Oklahoma

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English

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA, Oklahoma

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35.1016,-98.6197

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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USA, Oklahoma

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35.1016,-98.6197

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1100

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Ethnic Population

6000

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1,100 (2000 census). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1977 SIL).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA, Oklahoma

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west central Oklahoma.

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west central Oklahoma.

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English

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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Ethnic Population

6000

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400 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6000 (Golla 2007).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

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USA: Oklahoma

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English

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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Ethnic Population

6000

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400 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6000 (Golla 2007).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

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USA: Oklahoma

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<400

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Older adult speakers

most over the age of 50

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Ethnic Population

6,000

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There are fewer than 400 speakers, most over the age of 50, out of a population of about 6,000.

Year of info

2008

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USA, Oklahoma

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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USA, Oklahoma

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37.0,-99.0

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,092

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    Linn, Mary. 2011. ""Doctoral Dissertation Research: Speaking Kiowa Today" NSF DEL Abstract." Online: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1053173&WT.z_pims_id=12816.
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