Pawnee | |
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Native to | United States |
Region | North-central Oklahoma |
Ethnicity | 2,500 Pawnee (2007) |
Native speakers | < 10 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | paw |
Glottolog | pawn1254 |
ELP | Pawnee |
Linguasphere | 64-BAB-b |
Pre-contact distribution of Pawnee | |
Pawnee is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
The Pawnee language is a Caddoan language traditionally spoken by Pawnee Native Americans, currently inhabiting north-central Oklahoma. Historically, the Pawnee lived along the Platte River in what is now Nebraska.