Editing Crow language (section)

==Status==
According to Ethnologue with figures from 1998, 77% of [[Crow|Crow people]] over 66 years old speak the language; "some" parents and older adults, "few" high school students and "no pre-schoolers" speak Crow. 80% of the [[Crow Tribe]] prefers to speak in English.<ref name=ethnologue/> The language was defined as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO as of 2012.<ref name="unesco">{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap/language-id-883.html|title=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger|website=www.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref>

However, R. Graczyk claims in his ''A Grammar of Crow'' (2007) that "[u]nlike many other native languages of North America in general, and the northern plain in particular, the Crow language still exhibits considerable vitality: there are fluent speakers of all ages, and at least some children are still acquiring Crow as their first language."  Many of the younger population who do not speak Crow are able to understand it. Almost all of those who do speak Crow are also bilingual in English.<ref>Graczyk, 2007: 1.</ref>  Graczyk cites the reservation community as the reason for both the high level of bilingual Crow-English speakers and the continued use and prevalence of the Crow language. Daily contact with non–American Indians on the reservation for over one hundred years has led to high usage of English. Traditional culture within the community, however, has preserved the language via religious ceremonies and the traditional clan system.

Currently, most speakers of Crow are 30 and older but a few younger speakers are learning it. There are increased efforts for children to learn Crow as their first language and many do on the [[Crow Indian Reservation|Crow Reservation]] of [[Montana]], particularly through a Crow language immersion school that was sponsored in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Crow Tribe gets language immersion grant|url = http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/crow-tribe-gets-language-immersion-grant/article_3730b364-b6f8-5d84-ac7f-ad9267888569.html|access-date = 2015-08-16|first = Susan|last = Olp| date=15 August 2012 }}</ref> Development for the language includes a Crow language dictionary and portions of the [[Bible]] published from 1980-2007. The current literacy rate is around 1-5% for first language speakers and 75-100% for second language learners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/cro|title = Crow}}</ref> Teens are immersed in Crow at the Apsaalooke language camp sponsored by the Crow Tribe.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 'Keep speaking Crow to me': Teens immerse themselves in Native language|url = http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/keep-speaking-crow-to-me-teens-immerse-themselves-in-native/article_48708902-5da1-520e-87fb-30e46e8c981e.html|access-date = 2015-08-16|first = Derek|last = Brouwer| date=22 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/programs/environmental/courses/es368/leffner.php|title=Apsáalooke: The Story of the Crow Language|website=www.lakeforest.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075051/https://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/programs/environmental/courses/es368/leffner.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>