Hidatsa

HID

shifting

Alternate Names: Hinatsa, Hiraca, Minitari

Dialects: None known. Reportedly similar to Crow ,.

Genealogy:

Siouan-Catawban
Siouan
Missouri River Siouan

Demographics: 200 (Golla 2007). 25–50 semifluent speakers. 6 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 600 (2000 census).

Language Use: Shifting to English [eng]. Curriculum for language program under development. Used conversationally by most elderly, rarely used in public settings. Speakers 30 and older. No children are L1 speakers but a few have passive knowledge (Golla 2007).

Nation of Origin: United States