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Name:
Winnebago
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ho-Chunk; Hocak Wazijaci; Hocák; Hocank; Hochank; Hock; Hochunk; Hocangara; Hotcangara
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
11 (2004), decreasing. 230 reported in 1997 (1997 V. Zeps). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1995 V. Zeps). 822 enrolled in Nebraska (1968 BIA)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
500
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
230
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
win
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Siouan-Catawban (Siouan)
Parent Subgroup:
Chiwere-Winnebago; Winnebago-Chiwere (chwi)
Brief Description:
"Winnebago (Ho-Chunk, Hochank) is a Siouan language of the Chiwere-Winnebago subgroup, spoken in central Wisconsin. Winnebago has over 250 fluent first-language speakers, divided between the Winnebago Tribe of northeastern Nebraska and the Ho-Chunk Nation of central Wisconsin. The number may be higher; 2,000 speakers were reported by reliable sources in 1980." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 25
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Map of Winnebago
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