Back Kansa Catalan Kansa keel Estonian زبان کانزا Persian Kanza (langue) French Kansa jezik Croatian Asụsụ Kansa IG Kanza Occitan Lenga kansa PMS Kansa Portuguese Канса (язык) Russian
| Kansa | |
|---|---|
| Káⁿza | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Kansas, Oklahoma |
| Ethnicity | Kaw[1] |
| Extinct | June 1982, with the death of Ralph Pepper[1] |
| Revival | approximately 12 second language speakers (2007)[1] |
Siouan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ksk |
qlc Kansa-Osage | |
| Glottolog | kans1243 |
| ELP | Kanza |
 Kansa is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [2] | |
Kansa is a Siouan language of the Dhegihan group once spoken by the Kaw people of Oklahoma. Vice President Charles Curtis spoke Kansa as a child. The last mother-tongue speaker, Ralph Pepper, died in June 1982.[3]
- ^ a b c Kansa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11.
- ^ Ranney, Dave. "Researchers try to preserve Indian languages.", accessed 8 Apr 2011[permanent dead link]
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