Gros Ventre
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A language of United States
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
A’ananin, Aane, Ahahnelin, Ahe, Ananin, Atsina, Fall Indians, Gros Ventres, White Clay People
Population
No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker, Jim White Crow, died in 1981 (Mithun 1999). Less than 10 fully fluent speakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 1,000 (Golla 2007).
Location
Montana: Fort Belknap reservation, Milk river.
Language Status
9 (Dormant). Language of registered tribe: Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana.
Classification
Dialects
None known. Intelligible with Arapaho [arp].
Language Use
Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. White Clay Immersion School on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation had 26 students studying the language in 2012.
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