Cheyenne
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A language of United States
380 (2018 W. Leman), decreasing. Spoken by 350 in Montana, 30 in Oklahoma (2018 W. Leman). Ethnic population: 4,000 (Golla 2007). In Montana.
Montana: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation; central Oklahoma.
8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
Polysynthetic language; pragmatic word order; grammatical animacy; tonal.
Conversation and prayer. Older adults only. Middle-aged or older. All also use English [eng].
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 100% in English [eng]. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible portions: 1902–2007. Summer camps for children in Montana where Cheyenne taught by fluent speakers. Taught in Dull Knife Memorial College and at reservation schools in Montana (2018 W. Leman).
Latin script [Latn].
Christian, traditional religion.