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Stoney

A language of Canada

ISO 639-3: sto

Population	2,300 (2001 SIL). Ethnic population: 3,200 (1987 SIL).
Region	Southern Alberta, west and northwest of Calgary, and central Alberta, west of Edmonton.
Language map	Canada
Alternate names	Nakoda, Stony
Dialects	Southern Stoney, Northern Stoney. Dialects nearly 100% mutually intelligible. Northern dialect is spoken at Duffield (Paul Band) and Lac St. Anne (Alexis Band). Lexical similarity: 89% with Assiniboine [asb], 86% with Dakota [dak] of Manitoba, 85% with Dakota [dak] of North Dakota, 83% with Lakota [lkt].
Classification	Siouan, Siouan Proper, Central, Mississippi Valley, Dakota
Language use	Adults.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Bible portions: 1970.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HARBECK, Mary Anna; HARBECK, Warren A., authors. 1970. A literacy method for Stoney: The two-hour introduction.

Vernacular Publications

Just for fun; book one. 1968.

Ozîja cha hûyagechîhâ. 1970.

Sahiyahâ ahiyabi (A selection of traditional Cree and Stoney hymns). 1972.

The Talkative Turtle with lessons on How to Read Stoney. 1969.

Wodejabi. 1971.