Endangered Languages Project - Arikara

Arikara

^{[aka Ree, Ricara, Arikari]}

Classification: Caddoan

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ree, Ricara, Arikari, Arikaris, Arikaree, Ris
CLASSIFICATION		Caddoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ari
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North Dakota

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,000
ELDERS
all elderly

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: North Dakota

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The modern Arikara, one of the Three Affiliated Tribes, share the Fort Berthold Reservation in
North Dakota with the Mandan and Hidatsa. They now live in the Eastern Segment of the
reservation, primarily in the communities of White Shield and Parshall.

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
94
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from D. Parks (1997). The number of speakers is decreasing. Data for the ethnic population is from the 2000 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1997

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA; North Dakota

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North Dakota, Fort Berthold Reservation, eastern segment, mostly White Shield and Parshall.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,000

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Since the 1990s the American
Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University has been developing printed and
multimedia/interactive instructional materials at the elementary and secondary levels for
use in the White Shield School.

PLACES: North Dakota (Fort Berthold Reservation)

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
10 (Golla 2007), decreasing; ethnic population: 94 (2000 census).

DATE OF INFO: 2007

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA: North Dakota

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: North Dakota: Fort Berthold Reservation, mostly Parshall and White Shield.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

47.648,-101.8327

COORDINATES

47.648,-101.8327

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Compare Sources (3)

Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO