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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: CHY
ISO 639-2: chy
| Population | 1,721 speakers (1990 census), out of 5,000 population (1987 SIL). |
| Region | Northern Cheyenne Reservation, southeastern Montana; associated with Arapaho in western Oklahoma. |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Plains. |
| Comments | In Montana most adults (parents and the elderly, 1998) speak the language but many younger ones prefer English. In Oklahoma most speakers are middle-aged or older. Northern Cheyenne in Montana have a summer camp for children, where 5 fluent speakers teach the language (1998). Literacy rate in first language: 1% to 5%. Literacy rate in second language: 50% to 100%. NT 1934. |
