With only 20 Comanche elders left to pass on the language, the tribe faces the real possibility that future generations will not learn the language.Ĭomanche Nation College in Lawton wants to ensure that doesn’t happen. Currently there are only about 100 people who speak the language, and the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger classifies it as severely endangered. They are slowly losing the Comanche language.
The Comanche Nation is facing a challenge unique to the tribal culture.
