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Cheyenne

Tsêhesenêstsestôtse

Cheyenne is an Algic language spoken in United States, by about 2,400 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Cheyenne · 45.5°N 106.7°W

Cheyenne (Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse, pronounced [tse̥hésene̥stsesto̥tse], informal spelling Tsisinstsistots) is an indigenous language of North America, spoken mainly in present-day Montana and Oklahoma, in the United States. It is a member of the Algonquian language family, and named for the Cheyenne peoples, who are native to the Great Plains of the United States.

Cheyenne is an endangered language. The endangerment is primarily a result of the English being the most spoken language in the world, due to the global influences of the post-British Empire Anglophilic world and the United States.

Like all other Algonquian languages, it has a complex agglutination and polysynthetic morphology. Cheyenne is either the first language, or the second language, for approximately 789 individuals in the United States.

From Wikipedia · Cheyenne language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Cheyenne

MeaningWordRomanization
manhetane
womanhē'e
earmâhtovoo'ôtse
bloodma'e
watermahpe
fireho'ësta
moontaa'éeše'he
snowhésta'se
nighttáa'e
dogoeškeso
catpóéso
fishnomaˀne
birdvé'kése
horsemo'éhno'ha
onenáʼėstse
hundrednoˀka mȧhtóhtȯhnóˀe
Ina-
sleep-énome
coffeemo'ôhtávêhohpe
sugarvé'keemahpe
milkmatana
honeyháhnomápano'ėhasēō'o
applemá'xeme
housemȧhēō'o
bookmȯxe'ėstoo'e

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