Shoshone
Shoshoni; Shoshoni-Goshiute; Shonshoni;
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~1,000
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The majority of speakers are over 50.
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Altogether, there are around 1000 actively fluent speakers of Shoshoni, and perhaps another 1000 with more restricted competence. While a few children still learn Shoshoni as a first language in the Duck Valley and Gosiute communities, the majority of speakers are over 50.
2008
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USA, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
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Central to northeastern Nevada; Idaho, Fort Hall Reservation. Northern Shoshoni in Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Goshute in west Utah.
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Central to northeastern Nevada; Idaho, Fort Hall Reservation. Northern Shoshoni in Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Goshute in west Utah.
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2010
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43.014,-108.8209
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2010
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43.0438,-112.4629; 40.0358,-113.9835; 43.014,-108.8209
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from 2000 census; Data for the number of ethnic population comes from SIL 1977.
2009
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Central to northeastern Nevada; Idaho, Fort Hall Reservation. Northern Shoshoni in Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Goshute in west Utah.
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1,000 (Golla 2007). Also 1,000 speakers who are not fluent (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 7,000 (1977 SIL).
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Shoshoni Language Project at University of Utah
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The Shoshone language is spoken and taught at the SYLAP (Shoshone Youth Language Apprenticeship Program) in Salt Lake City Utah. More information on SYLAP can be found at http://shoshoniproject.utah.edu/sylap/
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- 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 University2012. "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."
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
- Shoshoni Language Project"Shoshoni Language Project." Online: http://shoshoniproject.utah.edu.http://shoshoniproject.utah.edu
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