Arapahoan languages

The Arapahoan languages are a subgroup of the Plains group of Algonquian languages: Nawathinehena, Arapaho, and Gros Ventre.

Arapahoan
Araphoic
Geographic distribution	United States
Linguistic classification	Algic Algonquian Algonquian proper Arapahoan
Subdivisions	Arapaho–Gros Ventre Nawathinehena
Language codes
Glottolog	arap1273

Nawathinehena and Gros Ventre are extinct and Arapaho is 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]}

Classification

The Glottolog database classifies the Arapahoan languages as follows:^[4]

• Arapahoic
  • Arapaho–Gros Ventre–Besawunena^[5]
    • Arapaho
    • Gros Ventre
  • Nawathinehena