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Kickapoo

A language of United States

ISO 639-3: kic

Population	820 in United States (2000 census), decreasing. 6 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 1,120.
Region	Northeast Kansas, Horton; central Oklahoma, McCloud, Jones; Texas, Nuevo Nacimiento. Also in Mexico.
Language maps	Northern Central United States of America Southeastern United States of America
Alternate names	Kikapoo, Kikapú
Dialects	Possibly intelligible with Meskwaki [sac].
Classification	Algic, Algonquian, Central
Language use	In Oklahoma, some younger people prefer English; in Kansas most or all speakers are older adults.
Language development	Dictionary.
Writing system	Latin script.

Also spoken in:

Mexico

Language name	Kickapoo
Population	300 in Mexico (1992 SIL).
Region	Coahuila, Nacimiento de Kikapú, 40 kms. northeast of Muzquiz.
Language map	Mexico, reference number 19
Alternate names	Kicapoux, Kicapus, Kikabeeux, Kikapaux, Kikapú, Quicapause
Language use	Vigorous in Mexico.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 1% Spanish, 45% English.
Comments	Most spend part of the year working in USA.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

COLEMAN, Ned R.; JONES, Linda K., authors. 1979. "Towards a discourse perspective of modes and tenses in Kickapoo narratives."  

JONES, Larry B.; JONES, Linda K., authors. 1979. "Multiple levels of information in discourse."