Tunica (language)
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| Tunica (Tunica) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | United States |
| Region: | Louisiana |
| Total speakers: | 0 |
| Ranking: | Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: | Language Isolate |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | - |
| Regulated by: | - |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | nai |
| SIL | TUK |
| See also: Language – List of languages | |
The Tunica (or Tonica) language was a language isolate spoken in present-day Louisiana in the United States.
When the last known fluent speaker, Sesostrie Youchigant, died, the language became extinct. Linguist Mary Haas worked with Youchigant to describe what he remembered of the language, and recorded his description in A Grammar of the Tunica Language in 1939.
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External Links
- Rosetta Project entry on Tunica (http://www.rosettaproject.org/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=TUK)
Categories: Native American language stubs | Language isolates | Extinct languages | Native American languages of the Southeast
