Arapaho
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A language of United States
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Arrapahoe
Autonym
Hinónoʼeitíít
Population
1,070 (2015 census), decreasing. Ethnic population: 5,940 (Golla 2007).
Location
Wyoming: Wind River Reservation; also associated with Cheyenne [chy] in western Oklahoma.
Language Status
6b (Threatened). Language of registered tribe: Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation (Northern Arapaho), Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Southern Arapaho), Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation.
Classification
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
Videos. Bible portions: 1903.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
No L1 speakers in Oklahoma.