KICKAPOO: a language of USA

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: KIC

ISO 639-2: alg

Population	539 speakers in the USA, including 6 monolinguals (1990 census). Population total both countries 850.
Region	Northeastern Kansas: Horton; central Oklahoma: McCloud, Jones; Texas: Nuevo Nacimiento. 6 hours by automobile between Kansas and Oklahoma locations, 10 hours to Texas, 3 hours to Mexico location. Also spoken in Mexico.
Alternate names	KIKAPOO, KIKAPU
Classification	Algic, Algonquian, Central.
Comments	Possibly intelligible with Sac and Fox (Mesquakie). In Oklahoma some younger people prefer English, and in Kansas most or all speakers are middle-aged or over. Dictionary.

Also spoken in:

Mexico

Language name	KIKAPÚ
Population	300 in Mexico (1992 SIL).
Alternate names	KICKAPOO, KICAPUS, KIKAPAUX, KICAPOUX, KIKABEEUX, QUICAPAUSE
Comments	Vigorous in Mexico. Most speakers spend part of the year in the USA working. Literacy rate in first language: 5%. Literacy rate in second language: 1% Spanish, 45% English. See main entry under USA.