Wichita is a Northern Caddoan language that was spoken near Anadarko in western Oklahoma. The last known native speaker of Wichita, Doris McLemore, died in August 2016. Efforts are being made to revive the language in a partnership between the Wichita tribe and the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Wichita is a tonal language with high and low tones. The high tone is indicated with an acute accent (á). The low tone is unmarked.
Download an alphabet chart for Wichita (Excel)
ka:ʔa:ʔa:kó:kha:rʔa, kíkʔi:s, khiʔas, kiyakihiteʔecaki, kiya:kiʔi:khíyaʔa hakihiʔiyaskwah. "ka:kiyaʔ, isí:ʔa! iskirhiʔiyaskwa!"
Once upon a time, turtle, poor thing, he was sitting at the edge, they say. He was wishing, they say to go across the water. Somebody come! Take me across the water!
Source: http://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/faculty/rood-old/Wichita/texts/tbc_a_b.html
Information about Wichita | Numbers
Information about the Wichita language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_(langue)
http://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/faculty/rood-old/Wichita/
http://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/faculty/rood-old/Wichita/SketchofWichita.pdf
http://www.native-languages.org/wichita_guide.htm
The Last Living Speaker of Wichita
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18532656
http://www.nativetimes.com/archives/22/1171-woman-last-to-speak-wichita-language
http://kmuw.org/post/last-fluent-speaker-wichita-tribal-language-dies
Arikara, Caddo, Pawnee, Wichita
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 01.06.25
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