Arapaho

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
arp
Alternate Names
Arrapahoe
Autonym
Hinónoʼeitíít
User Population

1,070 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 5,940 (Golla 2007).

Location

Wyoming: Wind River Reservation; also associated with Cheyenne [chy] in central Oklahoma.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation (Northern Arapaho), Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Southern Arapaho), Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation.

Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Arapaho
Language Use

No L1 speakers in Oklahoma (Golla 2007). Older adults only. All shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1903. Bilingual education efforts begun on Wind River Reservation in the 1980s. Arapaho Language Lodge established in 1993, a successful immersion program (Golla 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arapaho
Writing

Latin script [Latn].