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PawneeLanguage
The PawneeLanguage is a PawneeGroupLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: PAW. ISO 639-2: nai. Population: 4 speakers (1996), out of 2,000 ethnic population (1977 SIL). Region: North central Oklahoma. Dialects: SOUTH BAND, SKIRI (SKIDI). Comments: Closely related to Arikara, but not inherently intelligible with it. Kitsai is between Pawnee and Wichita, but closer to Pawnee. Bilingualism in English. All speakers are elderly. Nearly extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesCaddoanLanguageA CaddoanLanguage is any of seven languages of the UnitedStates that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 ContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 LanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 NorthernCaddoanLanguageOf the seven CaddoanLanguages, four of these are classified as a NorthernCaddoanLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PawneeGroupLanguageThe PawneeGroupLanguage consists of two of the three PawneeKitsaiLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PawneeKitsaiLanguageOf the four NorthernCaddoanLanguages, three of these are classified as a PawneeKitsaiLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PhysicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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