Winnebago

Facts

  • Language: Winnebago
  • Alternate names: Ho-Chunk, Hocak Wazijaci, Hocák, Hocank, Hochank, Hock, Hochunk, Hocangara, Hotcangara
  • Language code: win
  • Language family: Siouan-Catawban, Siouan, Mississippi Valley-Ohio Valley Siouan, Mississippi Valley Siouan, Chiwere-Winnebago (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: >250
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    The name is written with a hook under the, a, of Hocák, representing a nasalized vowel. The official name for the people is Hocák Nation. Glossonym: Winnebago by the Algonquin.

    Winnebago is spoken in USA, North America.