GROS VENTRE: a language of USA

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: ATS

ISO 639-2: alg

Population 10 or fewer speakers out of 1,200 population (1977 SIL). The 1990 census reports 111 speakers. 
Region Fort Belknap Reservation, Milk River, north central Montana.
Alternate names   GROS VENTRES, ATSINA, WHITE CLAY PEOPLE, AHAHNELIN, AHE, FALL INDIANS, A' ANANIN
Classification Algic, Algonquian, Plains, Arapaho.
Comments Bilingualism in English. Nearly extinct.

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