The Tonkawa are a people native to central Texas, speaking the Tonkawa language. Image File history File links Tonkawa_Oklahoma_seal. ... Image File history File links Tonkawa_Oklahoma_seal. ... Image File history File links Tonkawa_lang. ... Image File history File links Tonkawa_lang. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ... The Tonkawa language was spoken in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico by the Tonkawa people. ...
Sketch of Placido, Chief of the Tonkawas from A pictorial history of Texas, from the earliest visits of European adventurers, to A.D. 1879, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
Bibliography
Hoijer, Harry. (1933). Tonkawa: An Indian language of Texas. New York: Columbia University. (Extract from Handbook of American Indian languages, Vol. 3).