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| Tonkawa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Western Oklahoma, South-central Texas and into New Mexico |
| Ethnicity | Tonkawa, Mayeye |
| Extinct | c. 1940 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tqw |
| Glottolog | tonk1249 |
 Pre-contact distribution of the Tonkawa language | |
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 20th centiury.[2] Most Tonkawa people now only speak English,[citation needed] but revitalization is underway.
- ^ Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: the historical linguistics of Native America. Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-19-514050-7.
- ^ Frawley, William (2003). International encyclopedia of linguistics (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195307450. OCLC 66910002.