Wyandot language

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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. 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`
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Wyandot is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known variously as Wyandot, Wendat, or Huron. It was last spoken primarily in Oklahoma and Quebec. 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.^[1].

The world's last Huron language speaker is John Steckley, an anthropologist at Université Laval in Québec City. Scholar Sole Speaker of Huron Language

The Language is written with the Latin Alphabet, making use of two extra letters, θ for /θ/, and Ȣ for /u/.

The lyrics of the Christmas hymn Huron Carol, written in 1643 by the missionary Jean de Brébeuf, were originally written in Wyandot.

Examples:

Senet-Stop, used on road signs (with arrêt) in some Huron reservations, such as Wendake in Quebec.
Skat-One
Tindee-Two
Shenk-Three
Anduak-Four
Weeish-Five
Sandustee-Water