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Arapahoan Languages
The Arapahoan languages are a subgroup of the Plains group of Algonquian languages: Nawathinehena, Arapaho, and Gros Ventre The Gros Ventre ( , ; meaning "big belly"), also known as the Aaniiih, A'aninin, Haaninin, Atsina, and White Clay, are a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe located in north central Montana. Today the Gros Ventre people are .... Nawathinehena is extinct and Arapaho and Gros Ventre are both endangered. Besawunena, attested only from a word list collected by Kroeber, differs only slightly from Arapaho, but a few of its sound changes resemble those seen in Gros Ventre. It had speakers among the Northern Arapaho as recently as the late 1920s. Nawathinehena is also attested only from a word list collected by Kroeber, and was the most divergent language of the group. Another reported Arapahoan variety is the extinct Ha'anahawunena, but there is no documentation of it. Notes References * Goddard, Ives (2001). "The Algonquian Lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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