Meskwaki
A language of United States
| Population | 250 (2001 I. Goddard). A handful of Sauk speakers (2000 I. Goddard). Ethnic population: 758 (2000 census). |
| Region | Tama, Iowa, Mesquakie; eastern Kansas-Nebraska border and central Oklahoma, Sac and Fox at Sac and Fox Reservation. |
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Northern Central United States of America Southeastern United States of America |
| Alternate names | Mesquakie, Sac and Fox, Sauk-Fox |
| Dialects | Fox, Sac, Mesquakie. Kansas and Oklahoma groups closely related to Kickapoo [kic] of Oklahoma and Mexico. |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Central |
| Language use | Shifting to English. Mostly older adults. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Bible portions: 1986–2007. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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