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Name:
Assiniboine
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Stoney; Assiniboin; Stonies; Stony; Nakoda; Alberta Assiniboine; Nakon
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
2,300 (2001 SIL). Ethnic population: 3,200 (1987 SIL)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2765
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1250
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
sto
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Siouan-Catawban (Siouan)
Parent Subgroup:
Dakotan; Dakota (dako)
Brief Description:
"Stoney is an emergent language in the Dakotan dialect complex of Siouan, historically related to - but clearly distinct from - Assiniboine. It is spoken on five reserves in Alberta located along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary and Edmonton: Alexis, Paul, Bighorn, Morley, and Eden Valley. The principal community is Morley, midway between Calgary and Banff. The language is vigorous, with between 1,000 and 1,500 speakers in a total population of 3,200." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 23
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
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