Editing Shoshoni language (section)

==Status==
The number of people who speak Shoshoni has been steadily dwindling since the late 20th century. In the early 21st century, fluent speakers number only several hundred to a few thousand people, while an additional population of about 1,000 know the language to some degree but are not fluent.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Duck Valley Indian Reservation|Duck Valley]] and [[Goshute|Gosiute]] communities have established programs to teach the language to their children. [[Ethnologue]] lists Shoshoni as "threatened" as it notes that many of the speakers are 50 and older.<ref name=":1" /> [[UNESCO]] has classified the Shoshoni language as "severely endangered" in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger
| access-date = 2012-09-29
| url = http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/index.php
}}</ref> The language is still being taught to children in a small number of isolated locations. The tribes have a strong interest in language revitalization, but efforts to preserve the language are scattered, with little coordination. However, literacy in Shoshoni is increasing. Shoshoni dictionaries have been published and portions of the [[Bible]] were translated in 1986.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/shh|title=Shoshoni|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>

As of 2012, [[Idaho State University]] offers elementary, intermediate, and conversational Shoshoni language classes, in a 20-year project to preserve the language.<ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = Native American Academic Services – Diversity Resource Center
 |work        = Idaho State University
 |access-date  = 2012-08-29
 |url         = http://www.isu.edu/drc/naas/academics.shtml
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121108020145/http://www.isu.edu/drc/naas/academics.shtml
 |archive-date = 2012-11-08
}}</ref> Open-source Shosoni audio is available online to complement classroom instruction, as part of the university's long-standing Shoshoni Language Project.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Idaho State University Shoshoni Language Project still going strong after 20 years
| work = Idaho State University
| access-date = 2012-08-29
| url = http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=1857
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| title = An Introduction to the Shoshoni Language : University Press Catalog
| work = Utah University Press
| access-date = 2012-08-29
| url = http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/upcat/id/1344/rec/1
}}</ref>

The [[Bannock people|Shoshone-Bannock Tribe]] teaches Shoshoni to its children and adults as part of its Language and Culture Preservation Program.<ref>
{{Cite web
| title = Language and Culture Preservation Program
| work = Shoshone-Bannock tribe
| access-date = 2012-08-29
| url = http://www.shoshonebannocktribes.com/language/language.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111001013623/http://www.shoshonebannocktribes.com/language/language.html
| archive-date = 2011-10-01
| url-status = dead
}}
</ref> On the [[Wind River Reservation]] in Wyoming, elders have been active in digital language archiving. Shoshoni is taught using Dr. Steven Greymorning's Accelerated Second Language Acquisition techniques.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wyofile.com/fort-washakie-school-applies-for-300000-grant-to-create-shoshone-language-software/|title=As elders pass, Wind River Indian Reservation teachers turn to technology to preserve Shoshone language|last=Dunlap|first=Tetona|date=2012-02-28|work=WyoFile|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>

A summer program known as the Shoshone/Goshute Youth Language Apprenticeship Program (SYLAP), held at the [[University of Utah]]'s [[Center for American Indian Languages]] since 2009, has been featured on [[NPR]]'s ''[[Weekend Edition]].''<ref name = "cail">{{Cite web
| title = Shoshone/Goshute Youth Language Apprenticeship Program
| work = Center for American Indian Languages, University of Utah
| access-date = 2012-08-30
| url = http://www.cail.utah.edu/?pageId=5750
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700049920/University-of-Utah-program-helps-Shoshone-youths-keep-language-alive.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123021205/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700049920/University-of-Utah-program-helps-Shoshone-youths-keep-language-alive.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2010|title=University of Utah program helps Shoshone youths keep language alive|last=Koepp|first=Paul|date=2010-07-21|work=Deseret News|access-date=2012-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106783656|title=Ten Teens Study To Guard Their Native Language|last=Brundin|first=Jenny|date=2009-07-18|work=Morning Edition, NPR|access-date=2012-08-30}}</ref> Shoshoni youth serve as interns, assisting with digitization of Shoshoni language recordings and documentation from the Wick R. Miller collection, in order to make the materials available for tribal members.<ref name = "cail" /> The program released the first Shoshone language [[video game]] in August 2013.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = First Shoshone Language Video Game
| work = ScienceBlog.com
| access-date = 2013-08-20
| date = 2013-08-14
| url = http://scienceblog.com/65584/first-shoshone-language-video-game/#UHS19F9xCq3szm3D.99
}}</ref>

In July 2012, [[Blackfoot High School]] in Southeastern Idaho announced it would offer Shoshoni language classes. The Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy, a Shoshone-Bannock charter school teaching English and Shoshoni, opened at [[Fort Hall Indian Reservation|Fort Hall]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news
| title = Idaho district to offer Shoshoni classes
| work = Deseret News
| access-date = 2012-08-29
| url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765593086/Idaho-district-to-offer-Shoshoni-classes.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121204054703/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765593086/Idaho-district-to-offer-Shoshoni-classes.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = December 4, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.localnews8.com/news/new-charter-school-in-fort-hall_20160825015827423/57748854|title=New charter school in Fort Hall|last=Cosgrove|first=Liz|date=2013-05-31|work=KIFI|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref>