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According to Wikipedia there were 69 fluent speakers of Kiksht in 1990, and the last one passed away in 2012. How did you learn the language? https://en.wikipe

• antics 2y ago
  I learned it from my grandmother and from Gladys's grandkid. Gladys was the last person whose first language was Kiksht, not the last person who speaks it.
  • diggan 2y ago
    FYI, the Wikipedia article currently states: > The last fully fluent speaker of Kiksht, Gladys Thompson, died in July 2012 Which is from https://web.archive.org/web/20191010153203/http://www.opb.org/news/article/last-fluent-speaker-oregon-tribal-language-kiksht-dies/ https://web.archive.org/web/20191010153203/http://www.opb.or... Maybe there are some sources talking about fully fluent people still being alive? As currently the article gives the impression they were the last person to "fully" speak it.
    • antics 2y ago
      I’m aware and I think people do not care much to correct it. The tribe has had consistently bad experiences with outsiders attempting to document this kind of thing and I sense that people are mostly wanting to be left alone at this point. There is some possibility that I would make a different decision, but it’s not for me to decide, it’s for the elders.
      • SavageNoble 2y ago
        This is the way ;)