Ho-Chunk

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
win
Alternate Names
Hocák, Hocak Wazijaci, Hocank, Hochank, Winnebago
Population

250 (Golla 2007). 230 reported in 1997 (1997 V. Zeps). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1995 V. Zeps). 1,654 (2000 census).

Location

Central Wisconsin scattered; eastern Nebraska, Winnebago Reservation.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Chiwere-Winnebago
Dialects

Nebraska, Wisconsin.

Language Use

Ho-Chunk Culture Committee engaged in language maintenance since 1990 (2007). Mainly older adults. All are also proficient in English [eng].

Language Development
Plans are for full-immersion in Hocák school system, preschool through community college. Bible portions: 1907.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ho-Chunk
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

The name is written with a hook under the, a, of Hocák, representing a nasalized vowel. The official name for the people is Hocák Nation. Glossonym: Winnebago by the Algonquin.