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Kiowa

A language of United States

ISO 639-3kio

Population  1,100 (2000 census). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1977 SIL).
Region  Oklahoma, west central.
Language map  Southeastern United States of America
Classification  Kiowa Tanoan, Kiowa-Towa, Kiowa
Language use  Shifting to English. Older adults only.
Language development  Dictionary.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Davis, Irvine. 1979. "The Kiowa-Tanoan, Keresan, and Zuni languages."

Merrifield, William R. 1959. "Classification of Kiowa nouns."

Merrifield, William R. 1959. "The Kiowa verb prefix."

Wonderly, William L., Lorna F. Gibson, and Paul L. Kirk. 1954. "Number in Kiowa: Nouns, demonstratives, and adjectives."

Vernacular Publications

Kiowa bedtime stories. 1962.