WrittenCommunication
CrowLanguage
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Sigma KEE - CrowLanguage
CrowLanguage
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The CrowLanguage is a MissouriValleyLanguage of the UnitedStates. SIL code: CRO. ISO 639-2: sio. Population: 4,280 speakers (1990 census), out of a population of 9,840 enrolled in the Crow tribe (1999 BIA). Includes 8 to 20 monolinguals (1999). Region: Southern Montana. Alternate names: APSAALOOKE. Comments: Close to Hidatsa. Bilingualism in English. Spoken by parents and the elderly (1998). Although almost all high school students and younger children can speak Crow, about 80% prefer to use English (1998). 77% of Crow people over 66 years old speak the language, 13% of preschoolers do. Language use is mainly vigorous. Literacy rate in first language: 1% to 5%. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Bible portions 1980-1998.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances | ContentBearingPhysical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| entit� | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| langage humain | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| langage | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| expression linguistique | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| MissouriValleyLanguage | Of the 16 SiouanProperLanguages, two closely related languages are classified as a MissouriValleyLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| physique | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
| SiouanLanguage | A SiouanLanguage is any one of 17 languages, spoken in NorthAmerica, forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| SiouanProperLanguage | Of the 17 SiouanLanguages, 16 closely related languages are classified as a SiouanProperLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| SpokenHumanLanguage | A SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form. |
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