Editing Hopi language (section)

{{Short description|Uto-Aztecan language of Arizona, US}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Hopi
| nativename       = {{lang|hop|Hopilàvayi}}
| states           = [[United States]]
| region           = Northeastern [[Arizona]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|6,080|2}}
| date             = 2015 census
| ref              = e25
| speakers2        = 40 [[monolingual]]s<ref name=e25/>
| ethnicity        = {{sigfig|7,350|2}} [[Hopi people|Hopis]] (Golla 2007)<ref name=e25/>
| familycolor      = Uto-Aztecan
| fam1             = [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]]
| fam2             = [[Northern Uto-Aztecan languages|Northern Uto-Aztecan]]
| script           = [[Latin script]]
| iso3             = hop
| glotto           = hopi1249
| glottorefname    = Hopi
| notice           = IPA
| map              = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption       = {{center|Hopi is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''.}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|person= |people= [[Hopi]]|language= Hopilàvayi,<br/>[[Plains Indian Sign Language|Hand Talk]]|country=[[Hopi Reservation|Hopitutskwa]]}}
'''Hopi''' (Hopi: {{lang|hop|Hopílavayi}}) is a [[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan language]] spoken by the [[Hopi]] people (a [[Puebloan peoples|Puebloan]] group) of northeastern [[Arizona]], United States.

The use of Hopi has gradually declined over the course of the 20th century. In 1990, it was estimated that more than 5,000 people could speak Hopi as a native language (approximately 75% of the population), but only 40 of them were monolingual in Hopi. The 1998 language survey of 200 Hopi people showed that 100% of Hopi elders (60 years or older) were fluent, but fluency in adults (40–59) was only 84%, 50% in young adults (20–39), and 5% in children (2–19).<ref>{{Cite web |title = Status of Hopi language |url = http://mesamedia.org/Status_of_Hopi_language.html |access-date = 2015-09-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151215225513/http://mesamedia.org/Status_of_Hopi_language.html |archive-date = 2015-12-15 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

Despite the apparent decline, Hopi and [[Navajo language|Navajo]] both are supported by bilingual education programs in Arizona, and children acquire the [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Native American languages]] as their first language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://azednews.com/2014/07/07/dual-language-programs-grow-in-arizona-public-schools/ |title=Dual-language programs grow in Arizona public schools |website=azednews.com |quote=Tuba City Unified Superintendent Dr. Harold Begay is devoted to seeing the Navajo and Hopi languages and cultures thrive long into the future through district programs. |access-date=2015-08-17 |archive-date=2015-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719095615/http://azednews.com/2014/07/07/dual-language-programs-grow-in-arizona-public-schools/ |url-status=live}}</ref> More recently, Hopi language programs for children on the reservation have been implemented.<ref name="NprHopi">{{cite news |last=Sevigny |first=Melissa |author-link=Melissa Sevigny |title=Teaching To Protect The Hopi Language |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/17/751986794/teaching-to-protect-the-hopi-language |date=17 August 2019 |work=[[NPR]] |access-date=17 August 2019 |archive-date=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817143718/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/17/751986794/teaching-to-protect-the-hopi-language |url-status=live }}</ref>