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Tonkawa language
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The Tonkawa language was spoken in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico by the Tonkawa people. A language isolate, with no known related languages,[1] Tonkawa has not had L1 (first language) speakers since the mid 1900s.[2] Most Tonkawa people now only speak English,[citation needed] but revitalization is underway.
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Tonkawa | |
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Native to | United States |
Region | Western Oklahoma, South-central Texas and into New Mexico |
Ethnicity | Tonkawa |
Extinct | c.ā1940 |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tqw |
Glottolog | tonk1249 |
![]() Pre-contact distribution of the Tonkawa language | |
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