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SAC ISO 639-3

Meskwaki

Meskwaki Autonym

A language of United States

ISO 639
sac
Alternate Names
Meshkwahkihaki, Mesquakie, Sac and Fox, Sauk-Fox
Autonym
Meskwaki
Population
250 (Golla 2007). 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.
Location:
Iowa: Tama. Kansas and Nebraska: eastern border area (Mesquakie dialect): Oklahoma: central (Mesquakie dialect); Fox and Sac Reservation (Fox and Sac dialects).
Language Status
8a (Moribund). Language of registered tribe: Sac & Fox Nation, Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri (Kansas and Nebraska), Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.
Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Fox
Dialects
Fox, Sac (Sauk, Thâkiwâtowêweni), Mesquakie (Meskwakiatoweni). Kansas and Oklahoma groups closely related to Kickapoo [kic] of Oklahoma and Mexico.
Language Use
Older adults only. Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1986–2009.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Meskwaki
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Also Spoken in

Map

Location: Iowa: Tama. Kansas and Nebraska: eastern border area (Mesquakie dialect): Oklahoma: central (Mesquakie dialect); Fox and Sac Reservation (Fox and Sac dialects).