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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: WYA
ISO 639-2: iro
| Region | Northeastern Oklahoma and Canada. Also spoken in Canada. |
| Alternate names | WENDAT, WYENDAT, WYANDOTTE |
| Dialects | HURON, WYANDOT. |
| Classification | Iroquoian, Northern Iroquoian, Huron. |
| Comments | No mother tongue fluent speakers. Wyandot was spoken until quite recently near Sandwich, Ontario, and Wyandotte, Oklahoma. There were 2 elderly speakers in 1961. Huron was last spoken at Lorette, near Quebec City, in the mid-19th century, or 1912. Dictionary. The language is being taught to children in school (1999). Extinct. |
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