Pawnee language

Pawnee
Native toUnited States
RegionNorth-central Oklahoma
Ethnicity2,500 Pawnee (2007)
Native speakers
< 10 (2007)[1]
Caddoan
Language codes
ISO 639-3paw
Glottologpawn1254
ELPPawnee
Linguasphere64-BAB-b
Pre-contact distribution of Pawnee
Pawnee is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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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.

  1. ^ Victor Golla, "North America.” In Moseley & Asher, Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages