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Wyandot
Spoken in: Canada, United States 
Region: northeastern Oklahoma, Quebec
Language extinction: Spoken until recently near Sandwich, Ontario and Wyandotte, Oklahoma. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk According to some definitions an extinct language is a Language which no longer has any speakers, whereas a dead language is a language which is no longer spoken Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Wyandotte is a town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. There were 2 older adult speakers still alive in 1961.
Language family: Iroquoian
 Northern Iroquoian
  Proto-Lake Iroquoian
   Huron
    Wyandot 
Writing system: modified Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: wya

Wyandot is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known variously as Wyandot, Wendat, or Huron. The Iroquoian languages are a Native American Language family. "Huron" redirects here For other uses see Huron (disambiguation. It was last spoken primarily in Oklahoma and Quebec. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Wyandot no longer has any native speakers, but is being studied and promoted as a second language. Anthropologist John Steckley was reported in 2007 as being the last speaker of Wyandot. John Steckley is a scholar specializing in Native American Studies and the Indigenous languages of the Americas. [1].

The Language is written with the Latin Alphabet, making use of two extra letters, θ for /θ/, and Ȣ for /u/. Theta (uppercase Θ, lowercase θ or ϑ; Θήτα is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth

The lyrics of the Christmas hymn Huron Carol, written in 1643 by the missionary Jean de Brébeuf, were originally written in Wyandot. A hymn is a type of Song, usually religious specifically written for the purpose of praise adoration or Prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities The " Huron Carol " (or "' Twas in the Moon of Wintertime " is a Canadian Christmas Hymn (Canada's oldest Christmas song written in 1643 Saint Jean de Brébeuf ( 25 March 1593 &ndash 16 March 1649) was a Jesuit Missionary, Martyred in

Examples:


Notes

  1. ^ J. Goddard, Scholar sole speaker of Huron language, Toronto Star, Dec 24, 2007. The Toronto Star is Canada 's highest-circulation newspaper though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario.

Sources

Ethnologue Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics a Christian
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