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Name:
Arikara
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ree; Ricara; Arikari; Arikaris; Arikaree; Ris
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
20 (1997 D. Parks), decreasing. Ethnic population: 94 (2000 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
10
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
20
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
ari
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Caddoan
Parent Subgroup:
Pawnee; Pawnee Cluster; Proto-Pawnee (pawn)
Brief Description:
"Arikara is a Northern Caddoan language, formerly spoken in earthlodge villages along the Missouri River in central and north-central South Dakota, downstream from the Mandan villages. The modern Arikara, one of the Three Affiliated Tribes, share the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota with the Mandan and Hidatsa. They now live in the Eastern Segment of the reservation, primarily in the communities of White Shield and Parshall. There are fewer than ten fluent speakers, all elderly, in a population of approximately 2,000." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 10
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Arikara
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