Website

Andre Cramblit andrekar at NCIDC.ORG
Thu Jul 8 20:13:24 UTC 2004


You might find the following website of interest: http://www.ssila.org/
Here is a sample of what the site contains:
MANDAN

[MHQ] 6 fluent speakers (1992 M. Krauss) out of 400 population (1986
SIL).  Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Classification: Siouan,
Siouan Proper, Central, Mandan.  Nearly extinct.
<http://www.ethnologue.com/nearly_extinct.asp>
More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MHQ>

MARICOPA

[MRC] 181 speakers (1990 census), out of 400 population (1977
SIL).  Associated with the Pima on the Gila River and Salt River
reservations near Phoenix, Arizona. Alternate names: COCOMARICOPA.
Classification: Hokan, Esselen-Yuman, Yuman, River Yuman.
More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MRC>

MENOMINI

[MEZ] 39 first language speakers, 26 second language speakers, 15 others
ages 30 to 50, who have learned Menominee in order to teach it, and 50
ages 20 and above who have learned it to understand it (1997 Menominee
Historic Preservation Office), out of 3,500 population (1977
SIL).  Northeastern Wisconsin, on what was formerly the Menomini
Reservation. Alternate names: MENOMINEE.  Classification: Algic,
Algonquian, Central.  Nearly extinct.
<http://www.ethnologue.com/nearly_extinct.asp>
More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MEZ>

MESQUAKIE

[SAC] 800 speakers out of 2,500 population (1977 SIL). 673 Fox speakers,
including 2 monolinguals (1990 census).  Mesquakie at Tama, Iowa; Sac
and Fox at Sac and Fox Reservation on eastern Kansas-Nebraska border and
central Oklahoma. Alternate names: SAC AND FOX, SAUK-FOX.  Dialects:
FOX, SAC, MESQUAKIE.  Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Central.
More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=SAC>

MICHIF

[CRG] 390 speakers in USA (1990 census). Population total both countries
390 or more.  Alternate names: FRENCH CREE, MITCHIF.  Classification:
Mixed Language, French-Cree.
More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=CRG>

MICMAC

[MIC] 1,200 in the USA, including 200 in Maine, and 1,000 largely in
Boston.  Northern Maine near Fort Fairfield, Boston, Massachusetts, and
small scattered places elsewhere in the USA. Alternate names: MI'GMAW,
MIIGMAO, MI'KMAW, RESTIGOUCHE.  Classification: Algic, Algonquian,
Eastern.
More information. <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MIC>

MIKASUKI

[MIK] 496 speakers including 33 monolinguals (1990 census), out of 1,200
population (1977 SIL).  Southern Florida. Alternate names: HITCHITI,
MIKASUKI SEMINOLE, MICCOSUKEE.  Dialects: HITCHITI, MIKASUKI.
Classification: Muskogean, Eastern

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André Cramblit: andre.p.cramblit.86 at alum.dartmouth.org is the Operations
Director Northern California Indian Development Council NCIDC
(http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that meets the development needs
of American Indians

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