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Crow (Apsáalooke aliláau)

Crow is a Siouan language spoken in southeastern Montana in the USA by about 4,350 people. It is closely related to Hidatsa, a Siouan language spoken in North and South Dakota. These two languages belong to the Missouri Valley branch of Siouan languages.

The majority of of Crow speakers are over 60 years old, though there are some younger speakers, and many of the younger generation can understand the language, even if they cannot speak it.

Crow alphabet and pronunciation

Crow pronunciation


Sample text in Crow (Lord's Prayer)

Min-upguá akmakukuré danashé izshíu, andibabazéze máre hîi, ba-an-da-nas'-dó-díu makukuré, arakóte amé áken kuh marakotîi. Maré mapam-barú sua hinné mapé mirikiú míru baskotáo arakavirét bavíavuk, Dih maré arakiverétta mirikiú: arakavía maré diazíssa, bagavía gagúá maré hizíssa. Kótak.




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Information about the Crow language

Siouan languages


Other languages written with the Latin alphabet