Gros Ventre language
| Gros Ventre | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Montana |
| Ethnicity | Gros Ventre |
| Native speakers | A few semi-speakers (2000) |
| Language family |
Algic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ats |
Atsina (also known as Gros Ventre, Ananin, Ahahnelin, Atsina, and Ahe [1] and A’ani [2]) is the critically endangered Algonquian ancestral language of the Gros Ventre tribe in Montana. The last fluent speaker died in 1981.[3]
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History [edit]
Atsina is the name applied by specialists in Algonquian linguistics. Arapaho and Atsina are dialects of a common language usually designated by scholars as "Arapaho-Atsina". Historically, this language had five dialects, and on occasion specialists add a third dialect name to the label, resulting in the designation, "Arapaho-Atsina-Nawathinehena".[3] Compared with Arapaho proper, Gros Ventre had three additional phonemes /tʲ/, /ts/, and /bʲ/, and lacked the velar fricative /x/.
Theresa Lamebull taught the language at Fort Belknap College, and helped develop a dictionary using the Phraselator when she was 109.[4]
As of 2012, the White Clay Immersion School at Fort Belknap College was teaching the language to 26 students, up from 11 students in 2006.[2][5]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul (2009). "Gros Ventre, language code: ats". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, (16th ed.). Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- ^ a b "Immersion School is Saving a Native American Language". Indian Country Today Media Network. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- ^ a b Mithun 336
- ^ "The Phraselator II". The American Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ Boswell, Evelyn (2008-12-04). "MSU grads preserve a native language, keep tribal philosophies alive". MSU News Service. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
References [edit]
- Mithun, Marianne (1999) The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Further reading [edit]
- Malainey, Mary E. 2005. The Gros Ventre/Fall Indians in historical and archaeological interpretation. Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 25(1):155-183.
External links [edit]
- "Gros Ventre", Ethnologue
- Native Languages of the Americas: Gros Ventre (Ahe, Ahahnelin, Aane, Atsina)
- Gros Ventre Language Word Sets, Fort Belknap College
- Capriccioso, Rob (2007-10-09). "The Phraselator II". The American Magazine. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- "OLAC, Open Language Archives Community: Gros Ventre". Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- "A Basic Guide in Tri-Lingual Education in Gros Ventre and Assiniboine.". Retrieved 2012-07-18.
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