Arapahoan languages
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The Arapahoan languages are a subgroup of the Plains group of Algonquian languages: Nawathinehena, Arapaho, and Gros Ventre.
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Arapahoan | |
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Araphoic | |
Geographic distribution | United States |
Linguistic classification | Algic
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | arap1273 |
Nawathinehena is extinct and Arapaho and Gros Ventre are both endangered.[1][2]
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.[citation needed]
Nawathinehena is also attested only from a word list collected by Kroeber, and was the most divergent language of the group.[citation needed][3]
Another reported Arapahoan variety is the extinct Ha'anahawunena, but there is no documentation of it.[citation needed]