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Comanche

A language of United States

ISO 639-3: com

Population	200 (2000), decreasing. Ethnic population: 10,000 (2000).
Region	Western Oklahoma.
Language map	Southeastern United States of America
Dialects	Similar to Shoshoni [shh], Timbisha [par].
Classification	Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Central
Language use	Shifting to English. Mainly older adults (1998).
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1958.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ARMAGOST, James; ROBINSON, Lila W., editors. 1990. Comanche Dictionary and Grammar.  

ARMAGOST, James; WISTRAND-ROBINSON, Lila, compilers. 2012. Comanche Dictionary and Grammar.

CANONGE, Elliott, author. 1957. "Voiceless vowels in Comanche."

CANONGE, Elliott, author. 1958. Comanche texts.  

DAVIS, Irvine, author. 1995. Review of: a grammar of Comanche, by Jean Ormsbee Charney.

Vernacular Publications

Comanche 1. 1960.

Comanche 2. 1960.

Comanche I. 1947.

Comanche II. 1947.

Comanche primer, vol. 3. 1948.