It has been suggested that this article should be split into a new article titled Wendat language. (discuss) (September 2023)
Wyandot
Waⁿdat
Native to
Canada, United States
Region
northeastern Oklahoma, Quebec; recently near Sandwich, Ontario, and Wyandotte, Oklahoma
Extinct
after 1972[1]
Revival
Oklahoma and Quebec have limited language programs (2007)
Language family
Iroquoian
Northern
Lake Iroquoian
Huronian
Wyandot
Writing system
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: wyn – Wyandot wdt – Wendat
Glottolog
wyan1247
Huron Wyandot is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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A Wyandot speaker, recorded in the United States.
Wyandot (also Wyandotte, Wendat, Quendat or Huron) is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known as Wyandot or Wyandotte, descended from the Tionontati. It is considered a sister to the Wendat language, spoken by descendants of the Huron-Wendat Confederacy. It was last spoken, before its revival, by members located primarily in Oklahoma, United States, and Quebec, Canada. Linguists have traditionally considered Wyandot as a dialect or modern form of Wendat.
Wyandot essentially died out as a spoken language with the death of the last native speaker in 1972, though there are now attempts at revitalization:
The Wyandotte Nation is offering Wyandot language classes in the Wyandotte Public Schools grades K–4, at the Wyandotte Nation's preschool "Turtle-Tots" program in Oklahoma and has created online language lessons for self-study.[2]
The Huron-Wendat Nation of Quebec is offering adult and children's classes in the Wendat language at its village school in Wendake.
^Pulte, William (1999). "The Last Speaker of Wyandot". Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics. 24 (4): 43–44.
^"Wyandotte Language Lessons". cs.sou.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
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