Blackfoot Algic Natural Languages Linguistics

Blackfoot is the Algonquian language of the Blood, Peigan (Piikani) and Siksika tribes in southern Alberta and Northern Montana. It is currently polarizing into generationally distinct dialects of Old Blackfoot and New Blackfoot.

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• - Audio phrasebook in Siksika Blackfoot, aimed at children.
  
• - Discussion of the historical relationship between Blackfoot and other Algonquian languages, and a look at the evolution of Blackfoot grammar.
  
• - Blackfoot language information and the culture, history and genealogy of the Blackfoot (Blackfeet) Indians.
  
• - Information on the dialects, writing systems, and sociolinguistics of Blackfoot, from linguist Don Frantz.
  
• - Audio samples of the spoken Blackfoot language, with a brief biography of the speaker.
  
• - Bibliography of Blackfoot language learning materials, with order information.
  
• - NPR audio report on Blackfoot language maintenance efforts.
  
  

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