Arikara language

Arikara
Arikara
Sáhniš
Native to	United States
Region	North-central North Dakota
Ethnicity	792 Arikara (2010 census)
Native speakers	10 (2007)
Language family	Caddoan Northern Pawnee–Kitsai Pawnee–Arikara Arikara; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ari
Glottolog	arik1262
ELP	Arikara
Linguasphere	64-BAA-a
	Arikara language distribution
	Arikara is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Arikara is a Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara Native Americans who reside primarily at Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. Arikara is close to the Pawnee language, but they are not mutually intelligible.

The Arikara were apparently a group met by Lewis and Clark in 1804; their population of 30,000 was reduced to 6,000 by smallpox.

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