The WyandotLanguage is a HuronLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: WYA. ISO 639-2: iro. Region: Northeastern Oklahoma and Canada. Alternate names: WENDAT, WYENDAT, WYANDOTTE. Dialects: HURON, WYANDOT. Comments: No mother tongue fluent speakers. Wyandot was spoken until quite recently near Sandwich, Ontario, and Wyandotte, Oklahoma. There were 2 elderly speakers in 1961. Huron was last spoken at Lorette, near Quebec City, in the mid-19th century, or 1912. Dictionary. The language is being taught to children in school (1999). Extinct. Also spoken in: Canada. (Language name: WYANDOT.) Alternate names: WENDAT. Comments: Wyandot became extinct after 1961, Huron in the mid-19th century or 1912. Dictionary. Extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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