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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: SAC
ISO 639-2: alg
| Population | 800 speakers out of 2,500 population (1977 SIL). 673 Fox speakers, including 2 monolinguals (1990 census). |
| Region | Mesquakie at Tama, Iowa; Sac and Fox at Sac and Fox Reservation on eastern Kansas-Nebraska border and central Oklahoma. |
| Alternate names | SAC AND FOX, SAUK-FOX |
| Dialects | FOX, SAC, MESQUAKIE. |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Central. |
| Comments | Kansas and Oklahoma groups are closely related to Kikapoo of Oklahoma and Mexico. Bilingualism in English. In Iowa it is spoken by parents and the elderly (1998). Outside Iowa most or all speakers are middle-aged or older. Vigorous in Iowa. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Bible portions 1986-1996. |
