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Name:
Cheyenne
Type:
Language
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
1,720 (1990 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 2,320 (2000 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2100
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1721
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
chy
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Algic (Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok, Algonquian-Ritwan)
Parent Subgroup:
Cheyenne; Cheyenne Isolate (chey)
Child Dialects:
Sutaio; Soʔtaaʔe (chy-sut)
Cheyenne (chy-che)
Brief Description:
"Cheyenne is an Algonquian language of the High Plains, spoken on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana, and in scattered communities in central Oklahoma. There are a number of differences between the Northern Cheyenne and Southern Cheyenne dialects, but they are not significant. The language is widely spoken in Montana, with about 1,700 first-language speakers out of a total Cheyenne population of 4,000, including at least some children. There are an additional 400 speakers in Oklahoma, most of them middle aged or older." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 12
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Cheyenne
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