Editing Michif (section)

=== Usage ===
In 2021, the number of Michif speakers in Canada was reported to be 1,845. However, the number of fluent Michif speakers is estimated at fewer than 1,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michif |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michif |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |language=en |archive-date=2021-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411025550/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michif |url-status=live }}</ref> It was probably double or triple this number at the close of the 19th century, but never much higher. Currently, Michif is spoken in scattered Métis communities in the [[Canadian Prairies|Canadian prairie provinces]] of [[Saskatchewan]], [[Manitoba]], and [[Alberta]], and in [[North Dakota]] in the U.S.. There are about 50 speakers in [[Alberta]], all over age 60.<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref> There are some 230 speakers of Michif in the United States (down from 390 at the 1990 census),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/crg|title=Michif|website=Ethnologue|access-date=2021-02-13|archive-date=2021-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309141102/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/CRG|url-status=live}}</ref> most of whom live in North Dakota, particularly in the [[Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_states%26mode%3Dlang_tops%26lang_id%3D816 |title=Data Center States Results<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2020-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522224016/http://www.mla.org/map_data_states%26mode%3Dlang_tops%26lang_id%3D816 |archive-date=2011-05-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are around 300 Michif speakers in the [[Northwest Territories]], northern [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/michif-metis-nwt-official-language-1.3475320|title=Fort Smith man wants Michif made an official language of N.W.T.|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=2021-11-30|archive-date=2021-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031115051/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/michif-metis-nwt-official-language-1.3475320|url-status=live}}</ref>