Also Known As:
Gros Ventre, Minitari, Duan, Hiraca, Hinatsa, Minnetaree, Gros Ventres, Doan
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Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Park, Indrek. 2012. A grammar of Hidatsa. Indiana University Ph.D. dissertation.
Bibliography of Locations:
Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.
Bibliography of Context:
Park, Indrek. 2012. A grammar of Hidatsa. Indiana University Ph.D. dissertation.