Kitsai

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
kii
Alternate Names
Kichai
Population

No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 2,000 (1997 S. DeLancey).

Location

Oklahoma, west central, Caddo county, among Caddo [cad] language speakers.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Caddoan, Northern Caddoan, Kitsai-Proto-Pawnee
Dialects

More similar to Pawnee [paw] than to Wichita [wic].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kitsai
Other Comments

The last speaker died in 1940 (Golla 2007).