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Neosho Valley
Neosho is a Native American word generally accepted to be of Osage language, Osage derivation. It is translated variously as "water that has been made muddy", "clear cold water" or "clear water", the last being the most accepted. Neosho may refer to: Places in the United States * Neosho, Missouri, a city in Newton County * Neosho National Fish Hatchery, Newton County, Missouri * Neosho, Wisconsin, a village * Neosho County, Kansas ** Neosho State Fishing Lake, Neosho County, Kansas * Neosho River, a tributary of the Arkansas River in Kansas and Oklahoma United States Navy * USS Neosho, USS ''Neosho'', several ships * United States Navy oiler#Neosho class, Neosho class, a class of oiler * Neosho-class monitor, a pair of ironclad American Civil War river monitors See also * Neosho Falls, Kansas, a city * Neosho Rapids, Kansas, a city * Neosho madtom, a small catfish * Neosho mucket, a species of freshwater mussel {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osage Language
Osage (; Osage: ''Wažáže ie'') is a Siouan language that is spoken by the Osage people of Oklahoma. Their original territory was in present-day Missouri and Kansas but they were gradually pushed west by European-American pressure and treaties. Osage has an inventory of sounds very similar to that of Dakota, also a Siouan language, plus vowel length, preaspirated obstruents and an interdental fricative (like "th" in English "then"). In contrast to Dakota, phonemically aspirated obstruents appear phonetically as affricates, and the high back vowel *u has been fronted to . Osage is written primarily with two systems: one using the Latin script with diacritics, and another derived Osage script created in 2006. Osage is among the few indigenous languages in the United States that has developed its own writing system. Language revitalization As of 2009, about 15–20 elders were second-language speakers of Osage. The Osage Language Program, created in 2003, provides audio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |