Fox language

Fox
Meskwaki-Sauk-Kickapoo
Meshkwahkihaki
Native toUnited States, Mexico
RegionCentral Oklahoma, Northeastern Kansas, Iowa, and Coahuila
Ethnicity760 Meskwaki and Sauk and 820 Kickapoo in the US (2000 census)[1] and 423 Mexican Kickapoo (2010 census)[2]
Native speakers
700: 250 Sauk and Fox and 400 Kickapoo in the US (2007–2015)[1]
60 Kickapoo in Mexico (2020 census)[3]
Dialects
Latin,
Great Lakes Algonquian syllabics
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
sac – Fox and Sauk
kic – Kickapoo
qes Mascouten
Glottologfoxx1245
ELPSauk-Fox
Map showing the distribution of Oklahoma Indian Languages
Kickapoo is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Fox (known by a variety of different names, including Mesquakie (Meskwaki), Mesquakie-Sauk, Mesquakie-Sauk-Kickapoo, Sauk-Fox, and Sac and Fox) is an Algonquian language, spoken by a thousand Meskwaki, Sauk, and Kickapoo in various locations in the Midwestern United States and in northern Mexico.

  1. ^ a b Fox and Sauk at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
    Kickapoo at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. (2015). Lenguas indígenas en México y hablantes (de 3 años y más) al 2015. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.