Crow language

Crow
Apsáalooke aliláau
Native toUnited States
RegionMontana
Ethnicity8,500 Crow Tribe (2007)[1]
Native speakers
4,160 (2015)[2]
Siouan
Language codes
ISO 639-3cro
Glottologcrow1244
ELPCrow
Linguasphere64-AAA-b
Crow is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Apsáalooke
"children of the large beaked bird"
PeopleApsáalooke
LanguageApsáalooke aliláau
Apsáalooke iiéhkuua
CountryApsáalooke Isawúua
A Crow speaker.

Crow (native name: Apsáalooke [ə̀ˈpsâːɾòːɡè] or [ə̀ˈpsâːlòːɡè]) is a Missouri Valley Siouan language spoken primarily by the Crow Tribe in present-day southeastern Montana. The word Apsáalooke translates to "Children of the Large Beaked Bird" (from apá 'beak/nose', isáa 'big', dooká 'child'), which was later incorrectly translated into English as 'Crow'.[3] It is one of the larger populations of American Indian languages with 4,160 speakers according to the 2015 US Census.[2]

  1. ^ Ethnologue
  2. ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over: 2009-2013". Census.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-20. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Little Bighorn College