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- Algic
- Plains Algonquian
- Blackfoot
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Algic family
Blackfoot
ᓱᖽᐧᖿ
Blackfoot is a language of the Plains Algonquian branch (Algic), spoken in Canada and United States. Wikidata counts about 5,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “indigenous language of the northwestern Great Plains of North America”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bla- Glottocode
siks1238- Family
- Algic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 35 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Blackfoot · ᓱᖽᐧᖿ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Siksika, Siksiká, Blackfoot language, Siksikáíitsi'powahsini |
| All speakers | 5,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Blackfoot syllabics |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Algic to Blackfoot
The branches above Blackfoot, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Canada
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