Tonkawa is a language isolate that was spoken in western Oklahoma, southern Texas and New Mexico in the USA. Historically (until the 1884), the Tonkawa people (Tickanwa’tic) lived between the Llano River in central Texas and the Canadian River in Oklahoma. The last people to speak it as a first language died in the 1940s, however efforts are being made to restore and preserve it, particularly by the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
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The orthography shown here is the one that appears the website of the Tomkawa Tribe of Oklahoma. Other orthographies are available.
ha·csokonayla ha·nanoklaknoˀo xamˀalˀa·yˀik. ˀe·kʷa tanmaslakʷa·low hecne·laklaknoˀo lak. ha·csokonayla "ˀo·c!" noklaknoˀo. "ˀekʷanesxaw sa·ken nenxales!" noklaknoˀo. ˀe·ta tanmaslakʷa·lowa·ˀa·lak hewleklaknoˀo
Coyote / he was going along, S / on the prairie. When he did so / Jackrabbit / he was lying, S / (accus.). Coyote / "Oho!" / he said, S. "Horse /my / I have found it!" / he said, S. And then / that Jackrabbit afm / he caught him, S
Note: S is an abbreviation for "it is said", and afm for "the aforementioned".
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkawa_language#Example
Information about Tonkawa | Numbers
Information about Tonkawa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkawa_language
http://www.native-languages.org/tonkawa.htm
https://tonkawatribe.com/language-culture/language/
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/tqw/
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.na.116
https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/native-american-languages/map-of-oklahoma-languages/tonkawa-language/
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Page created: 15.09.23. Last modified: 15.09.23
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