Wichita
Wichita was a Caddoan language once spoken in United States.
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Wichita, known natively as Kirikirʔi꞉s, is a Caddoan language that was spoken in Anadarko, Oklahoma, by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. The last fluent heritage speaker, Doris Lamar-McLemore, died in 2016. This has rendered Wichita functionally extinct; however, the tribe offers classes to revitalize the language and works in partnership with the Wichita Documentation Project of the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Words in Wichita
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | wiic | |
| woman | kaahiik'a | |
| person | ihaas | |
| water | kicɁa | |
| dog | kicíyeeh | |
| fish | kaacɁa | |
| bird | ichir |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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