Meskwaki

SAC

shifting

Alternate Names: Mesquakie, Sac and Fox, Sauk-Fox

Dialects: Fox, Mesquakie, Sac. Kansas and Oklahoma groups closely related to Kickapoo , of Oklahoma and Mexico.

Genealogy:

Algic
Algonquian
Fox

Demographics: 200 (2001 I. Goddard). 200 Mesquakie in Iowa, more than 50 Sac and Fox in central Oklahoma, a few Nemaha Sauks on the Kansas-Nebraska border (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 760 Fox.

Language Use: Shifting to English [eng]. Mostly older adults. Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Bible portions: 1986–2009.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: United States