Arapaho

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
arp
Alternate Names
Arrapahoe
Population

1,000 (Golla 2007), decreasing. Ethnic population: 5,940 (Golla 2007).

Location

Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; also associated with Cheyenne in western Oklahoma.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Arapaho
Language Use

Bilingual education efforts begun on Wind River Reservation in the 1980s. Arapaho Language Lodge established in 1993, a successful immersion program. Mostly 50 and older.

Language Development
Films. Bible portions: 1903.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arapaho
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

No L1 speakers in Oklahoma.