Shawnee language

Shawnee
Sawanwa, Savannah, Sewanee, Shawano
Native to	United States
Region	Central and Northeast Oklahoma
Ethnicity	Shawnee[1]
Native speakers	260 and decreasing (2015)[1]
Language family	Algic Algonquian Shawnee
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sjw
Glottolog	shaw1249
ELP	Shawnee
Distribution of the Shawnee language around 1650
Shawnee is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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The Shawnee language is a Central Algonquian language spoken in parts of central and northeastern Oklahoma by the Shawnee people. It was originally spoken by these people in a broad territory throughout the Eastern United States, mostly north of the Ohio River. They occupied territory in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.

Shawnee is closely related to other Algonquian languages, such as Mesquakie-Sauk (Sac and Fox) and Kickapoo. It has 260 speakers, according to a 2015 census,^[1] although the number is decreasing. It is a polysynthetic language with rather free word ordering.^[2]