Kitsai language
| Kitsai | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | previously west-central Oklahoma and eastern Texas |
| Ethnicity | Kichai |
| Extinct | 1940, with the death of Kai Kai |
Caddoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kii |
| Glottolog | kits1249 |
| Linguasphere | 64-BAB-a |
The Kitsai (also Kichai) language is an extinct member of the Caddoan language family. The French first record the Kichai people's presence along the upper Red River in 1701. By the 1840s Kitsai was spoken in southern Oklahoma, but by 1940 no native speakers remained. It is thought to be most closely related to Pawnee. The Kichai people today are enrolled in the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi), Waco and Tawakonie), headquartered in Anadarko, Oklahoma.