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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000-1,500

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Language Information By Source

North America
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000-1,500

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Ethnic Population

3,200

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Stoney is an emergent language in the Dakotan dialect complex of Siouan.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

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Canada;

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Spoken on five reserves in Alberta located along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary and Edmonton: Alexis, Paul, Bighorn, Morley, and Eden Valley. The principal community is Morley, midway between Calgary and Banff.

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Spoken on five reserves in Alberta located along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary and Edmonton: Alexis, Paul, Bighorn, Morley, and Eden Valley. The principal community is Morley, midway between Calgary and Banff.

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English

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,765

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Canada;

Coordinates

51.161,-114.8533

Location description

Alberta

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Alberta

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,300

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Ethnic Population

3,200

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Speaker number data: (2001 SIL). Ethnic population: (1987 SIL). 3,160 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,200 (Golla 2007) (2013).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Canada;

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Location description

Southern Alberta, west and northwest of Calgary, central Alberta, west of Edmonton, on Alexis, Paul, Bighorn, Morley, Eden Valley reserves.

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Southern Alberta, west and northwest of Calgary, central Alberta, west of Edmonton, on Alexis, Paul, Bighorn, Morley, Eden Valley reserves.

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Other languages used

English

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000-1,500

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Canada;

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Location description

Alberta

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Alberta

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Canada;

Coordinates

53.75,-116.5

Location description

Alberta

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,250

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
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    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
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