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Hopi

A language of United States

ISO 639-3hop

Population  5,260 (2000 census), decreasing. 40 monolinguals.
Region  Northeast Arizona, several villages; a few in Utah and New Mexico.
Language map  Southwestern United States of America
Classification  Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Hopi
Language use  Vigorous. Young prefer English. All ages, 5,264 over 5 years old, 989 of those were 5 to 17, 3,390 were 18 to 54, 388 were 55 to 64, 578 were 65 and older (1990).
Language development  Dictionary. NT: 1972.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CASAD, Eugene H., author. 1986. Review of: Hopi time: a linguistic analysis of the temporal concepts in the Hopi language, by Ekkehart Malotki.

CASAD, Eugene H., author. 1989. Review of: Bacavi: Journey to Reed Springs, by Peter Whiteley.

EKSTROM, Jonathan O.; SEAMAN, P. David, compilers. 1985. Hopi Dictionary: Hopi-English, English-Hopi, Grammatical Appendix.

EKSTROM, Jonathan; SEAMAN, P. David, authors. 1985. "Appendixes."

Vernacular Publications

Easy Hopi sentence folder. 1959.

How to read and write Hopi. 1973.