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Name: Crow Type: Language Alternate Names: Apsaalooke; Apsaroka; Apsaloka; Upsaroka; Absaruqe Spoken in: USA Number of speakers: 4,280 (1990 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 9,840 enrolled in the nation (1999 BIA). 4,350 (2000 census) (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 3500 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 4280 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: cro Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Siouan-Catawban (Siouan) Parent Subgroup: Missouri River; Missouri River Siouan; Missouri Valley (misv) Brief Description: "Crow, a Siouan language of the Missouri River subgroup, is spoken on the Crow Reservation in southeastern Montana and in adjacent off-reservation communities. Principal towns on the reservation are Crow Agency, Lodge Grass, Pryor, Wyola and St. Xavier, and the total tribal enrollment is about 8,500. There are 3,000-4,000 first language speakers, mostly over the age of thirty. There are a few children, teenagers and young adults who are Crow speakers, and a larger number who are semi-speakers and/or understand the language." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 13

Endangerment Status

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UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed