Assiniboine language

Assiniboine
Assiniboin, Hohe, Nakota, Nakoda, Nakon, Nakona, or Stoney
Nakʰóda
Native toCanada, United States
RegionSaskatchewan, Canada Montana, United States
Ethnicity3,500 Assiniboine (2007)[1]
Native speakers
150, 4.3% of ethnic population (2007)[1]
Siouan
Language codes
ISO 639-3asb
Glottologassi1247
ELPAssiniboine
Assiniboine is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Nakota / Nakoda / Nakona[2]
"ally / friend"
PersonNakóda[3]
PeopleNakón Oyáde[3]
LanguageNakón Iyábi[4]
Nakón Wíyutabi[4]
CountryNakón Mąkóce

The Assiniboine language (/əˈsɪnəbɔɪn/; also known as Assiniboin, Hohe, or Nakota, Nakoda, Nakon or Nakona,[5] or Stoney) is a Nakotan Siouan language of the Northern Plains. The name Assiniboine comes from the term Asiniibwaan, from Ojibwe, meaning 'Stone Siouans'. The reason they were called this was that Assiniboine people used heated stone to boil their food. In Canada, Assiniboine people are known as Stoney Indians, while they called themselves Nakota or Nakoda, meaning 'allies'.

  1. ^ a b Assiniboine at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ For the usage of the term "Nakona" by Fort Peck's Assiniboine, cf. http://fpcctalkindian.nativeweb.org/ and http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/hisamples/HI-TCU-FortPeck.pdf Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Assiniboine". AISRI Dictionary Database Search. American Indian Studies Research Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Language". AISRI Dictionary Database Search. American Indian Studies Research Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ For the usage of the term "nakona" by Fort Peck's Assiniboine, cf. Fort Peck Community College and NHE