Wichita

Wichita

External Resources

Computational Resources

• https://glosbe.com/en/wic/money

  A translator that is capable of translating simple sentences

Dictionaries/Phrasebooks/Glossaries

• https://wichitatribe.com/department-of-preservation/language-class-dictionary/

A dictionary that contains commonly used phrases and words about greetings, food, farewells, etc.

Licensing unclear. Copyright 2026 Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.

• https://wichitatribe.com/dictionary/

A dictionary of random assortments of Wichita vocabulary.

Licensing unclear. Copyright 2026 Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.

• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1179/pan.2008.029?needAccess=true

An in-depth dictionary of many words and phrases as well as an analysis of grammatical patterns.

Some rights reserved, able to request permission.

• https://www.native-languages.org/wichita_guide.htm

Basic vocabulary about numbers, colors, and food as well as information regarding how to pronounce the consonants and vowels.

Information may be reprinted with proper credit (linking website).

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_language#Phonology

A Wikipedia page of basic sentence translations and information about grammar and morphology.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Theoretical Descriptions

• https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/North%20American/Siouan%20%26%20Caddoan/Wichita%2C%20a%20Caddoan%20Language%2C%20Sketch%20of%20%28Rood%29.pdf

An in-depth analysis of noun-verb agreement, word order, and some sentence translations, as well as a dictionary of selected vocabulary.

Licensing unclear.

• https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/464086

A review of Wichita phonemics and sentence structure, provides useful insight as to how sentences are actually written.

Some rights reserved, able to request permission.

• Wichita Grammar by David S. Rood
• https://search.worldcat.org/title/2507093

A book containing sentence translations, vocal inflection, verb and noun phrases, quantifiers, etc. Obtained in print from library.

All rights reserved.

Pædagogical Texts

• https://www.omniglot.com/writing/wichita.htm

Provides basic information about the alphabet as well as a downloadable alphabet and videos about the last living native speaker of Wichita

Licensing unclear. Copyright 1998-2026 Simon Ager.

Corpora

• Wichita Grammar by David S. Rood
• https://search.worldcat.org/title/2507093

A book that contains an entire story translated line by line. Obtained in print from library

All rights reserved.

Repository

• https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp26/ling073-wic-corpus/tree/main

Github repository of all compiled corpora.

Developed Resources

• https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Wichita/Keyboard#Layout

Wichita Wikipedia Keyboard Layout and Keyboard Justification

• https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp26/ling073-wic-keyboard/tree/main

IBUS Keyboard Layout and Keyboard Justification

• https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Wichita/Grammar

Documentation of Major Grammar Structures in the Wichita Language

• https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp26/ling073-wic

Transducer repository for Wichita.

• https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Wichita/Transducer

Evaluation and Notes on the Wichita Transducer.

• https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Wichita_and_English/Contrastive_Grammar

Grammar contrast points between Wichita and English.