Stoney language
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| Stoney | |
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| Alberta Assiniboine Nakoda |
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| Native to | Canada, United States |
| Region | Southern Saskatchewan in Canada and Montana in the United States |
| Ethnicity | Nakota: Stoney |
| Native speakers | 2,300 (2001)[1] |
| Language family |
Siouan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sto |
The location of Stoney / Nakoda
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Stoney, also called Nakoda or Alberta Assiniboine, is a Nakotan Siouan language of the Northern Plains, spoken by two thousand people in Alberta. It is closely related to and shares distinctive features with Assiniboine, though it is hardly more intelligible with it than it is with Dakota Sioux.
References[edit]
- ^ Stoney at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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