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~100

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A grammar of Hidatsa
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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More about speakers

Spoken by approximately 100 people on the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

USA, North Dakota

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Location description

Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

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Other languages used

English

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

47.7321,-102.6758

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

47.7321,-102.6758

Location description

North Dakota

Government support

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North Dakota

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

1200 (1986), 603 (2000 census)

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100 (1986 SIL), decreasing. 6 monolinguals. 25 to 50 semifluent speakers. Ethnic population: 1200 (1986 SIL); 603 (2000 US census).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA;

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Location description

North Dakota, Fort Berthold Reservation.

Government support

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Other writing systems

North Dakota, Fort Berthold Reservation.

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

25–50

Child speakers

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More about speakers

200 (Golla 2007). 25–50 semifluent speakers. No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 600 (2000 census).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

USA: North Dakota

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Other languages used

English

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

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Location description

North Dakota

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

North Dakota

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

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The the youngest speakers are in their late 20s.

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA

Coordinates

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Location description

North Dakota, Fort Berthold Reservation.

Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

North Dakota, Fort Berthold Reservation.

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Other languages used

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

47.0,-102.5

Location description

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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