Kickapoo

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
kic
Alternate Names
Kikapoo, Kikapú
Population

400 in United States (Golla 2007), decreasing. 6 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 510. Ethnic population: 820 (2000 census).

Location

Northeast Kansas, Horton; central Oklahoma, McCloud and Jones; Texas, Nuevo Nacimiento. Also in Mexico.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Fox
Dialects

Possibly intelligible with Meskwaki [sac].

Language Use

In Oklahoma, some youth prefer English [eng]; in Kansas, most or all speakers are older adults (2007).

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 45% English [eng]. Dictionary.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kickapoo
Writing
Latin script.

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