Alternate Names: Nakoda, Stony
Dialects: Northern Stoney, Southern Stoney. Dialects nearly 100% mutually intelligible. Northern dialect is spoken at Duffield (Paul Band) and Lac St. Anne (Alexis Band). Lexical similarity: 89% with Assiniboine ,, 86% with Dakota , of Manitoba, 85% with Dakota , of North Dakota, 83% with Lakota ,.
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Demographics: 3,160 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 3,200 (Golla 2007).
Language Use: Adults. Also use English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Bible portions: 1970–1973.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Canada